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Washington Square
Washington Square is an 1880 short novel by Henry James about Catherine Sloper, a plain New York heiress whose domineering father and fortune-hunting suitor both fail her.
Washington Square Arch
The Washington Square Arch is a 73-foot-6-inch Tuckahoe marble triumphal arch by Stanford White at Fifth Avenue's southern end in Washington Square Park, New York, dedicated May 4, 1895, honoring George Washington's 1789 inauguration.
Washington State Capitol
The Washington State Capitol in Olympia is the seat of government of Washington state; its 1928 Legislative Building has the tallest masonry dome in North America, at 287 feet.
Washington State Cougars football
Washington State Cougars football: Washington State University's FBS program in Pullman, playing at Martin Stadium (Gesa Field). First game 1894; 1916 Rose Bowl win over Brown; rebuilt Pac-12 member from 2026 under coach Kirby Moore.
Washington State Democratic Party
Washington State Democratic Party (WA Dems), the Democratic Party's Washington state affiliate governed by the WSDCC under chair Shasti Conrad; known for its 2026 platform, caucus-to-primary switch, and Seattle headquarters.
Washington State Department of Licensing
The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) is the Washington state agency for driver licensing and vehicle and vessel titling, registration, and license plates, headquartered in Olympia.
Washington State Department of Transportation
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is the state agency responsible for Washington's transportation system, including over 7,000 miles of highways and the Washington State Ferries.
Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is the largest ferry system in the United States, operating 21 ferries across Puget Sound since 1951 and carrying more than 20.1 million riders in 2025.
Washington State Investment Board (WSIB)
The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) is the independent Washington state agency investing public retirement systems and trust funds, managing $244 billion across 40 funds in 2026.
Washington State Park System
Washington State Park System: recreation and heritage areas run by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, created 1913; 122,000 acres, over 40 million annual visitors, Discover Pass access, camping limits, and a $135.6 million 2025-27 capital program.
Washington State University
Washington State University (WSU), also known as Wazzu, is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, it serves over 25,000 students across five campuses and an online Global Campus.
Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar, born 1999, is an Indian left-handed batting off-spin all-rounder from Tamil Nadu; Test debut at the 2021 Gabba, 7/59 vs New Zealand 2024, Gujarat Titans IPL player.
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), founded 1853 as Eliot Seminary, is a private R1 research university in St. Louis, Missouri, with 15,952 Fall 2025 students, nine schools, 26 Nobel Laureates, and six campuses.
Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association
Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Association, 443 U.S. 658 (1979): Supreme Court ruling on the Stevens Treaties' 'in common with' fishing clause, affirming tribes' right to up to 50 percent of anadromous fish runs and the Boldt Decision allocation.
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards, NBA team in Washington, D.C., formerly Chicago Packers/Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets, and Washington Bullets; 1978 NBA champions; play at Capital One Arena under Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
Washington–Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System
The Washington–Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS) was the U.S. Army Signal Corps network of cable, telegraph, and wireless stations linking Alaska from 1900.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) is the U.S. federal capital, created by the 1790 Residence Act on land ceded by Maryland and Virginia, governed under limited 1973 home rule, with no voting representation in Congress.
Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area
The Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area is restricted airspace within 30 nautical miles of the capital, created in 2008, requiring flight plans and transponder codes.
Washington, Tyne and Wear
Washington, Tyne, and Wear: a New Town in the City of Sunderland designated 24 July 1964, built around mining villages, home to Washington Old Hall of George Washington's family and Nissan's Sunderland plant; Metro extension planned by 2033.
Washington's 8th congressional district
Washington's 8th congressional district is a US House district in Washington state covering Seattle's eastern suburbs and Central Washington farmland, represented by Democrat Kim Schrier since 2018.
Washingtonian movement
Washingtonian movement: American temperance movement founded in Baltimore in April 1840 by six reformed drinkers who formed the Washington Temperance Society, pledged total abstinence, held experience meetings, and grew to about half a million members before declining by the late 1840s.
Washita
Washita River, a 580-plus-mile Red River tributary rising in the Texas Panhandle and entering Lake Texoma, Oklahoma; site of the 1868 Battle of the Washita, the 1934 Hammon Flood, and 1,140 USDA flood control dams.
Washo language
Washo (Wá·šiw, Washoe), a severely endangered language isolate of the Lake Tahoe region on the California–Nevada border, sometimes linked to Hokan; about 20 native speakers, described in Jacobsen's 1964 grammar, with active tribal revitalization.
Washoe County, Nevada
Washoe County, Nevada: northwestern Nevada county founded November 25, 1861, seat Reno. Population 509,386 (2025 est.), 6,315.88 square miles, includes Reno-Sparks metro and Lake Tahoe shore.
Washoe people
The Washoe people (Waší·šiw, 'people from here'), also called Washo, are an Indigenous people of the Lake Tahoe Basin in California and Nevada, speaking the isolate Washo language; organized as the federally recognized Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.
Washptah
Washptah, also written Weshptah, was a vizier, chief judge, and chief architect under Fifth Dynasty King Neferirkare Kakai, whose tomb biography records his death at court.
Washtub bass
Washtub bass, also called gutbucket or tub: a homemade one-string bass with a cord from an inverted washtub to a braced pole; pitch changes by stick pressure on string tension. Used in jug bands, skiffle, and quelbe; descended from the African earth-bow.
Washukanni
Washukanni, also written Waššukanni or Wassukanni, was the capital of the Mitanni empire in northern Mesopotamia during the mid-second millennium BC, its location still unknown.
Wasian
Wasian (also Whasian, wAsian) is a Gen Z portmanteau of white and Asian for people of mixed white and Asian heritage, spread by the 2019 TikTok #WasianCheck trend, distinct from Eurasian, Amerasian, and hapa.
Wasifu wa Siti binti Saad
Wasifu wa Siti binti Saad, a 1958 Swahili biography by Tanzanian poet Shaaban Robert, portrays taarab singer Siti binti Saad, the Queen of Taarab, and appears on Tanzanian school curricula.