Washington (name)
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Washington may refer to a personal name or place name.
- place name: of uncertain origin, the earliest examples in England are either:
- Wasindone (people of the hill by the stream, 1096), or Wassyngtona (settlement of Wassa's people, 1183) (more)
- Use of the place name in modern times is inspired by George Washington, first President of the United States.
- surname: historically derived from the English place name.
- given name: derived from the surname, particularly popular in the United States as evoking the memory of George Washington.
- For Washington place names see Washington (disambiguation)
- For People named Washington see Washington (disambiguation)
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