Difference between revisions of "Washington"
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81437" /> ==
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| <p> [[Capital]] of the United States, in the district of Columbia, on the left bank of the Potomac, 35 in. SW. of Baltimore; was founded in 1791, and made the seat of the [[Government]] in 1800; it is regularly laid out, possesses a number of noble buildings, many of them of marble, the chief being the Capitol, an imposing structure, where the [[Senate]] and [[Congress]] sit; near it, 1½ m. distant, is the White House, the residence of the President, standing in grounds beautifully laid out and adorned with fountains and shrubbery. </p> | | Washington <ref name="term_81439" /> |
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| | <p> A NW. State of the American Union, twice the size of Ireland; lies N. of Oregon; is traversed by the Cascade Mountains, the highest 8138 ft., and has a rugged surface of hill and valley, but is a great wheat-growing and grazing territory, covered on the W. by forests of pine and cedar; [[Olympia]] is the capital. [[Washington]] is the name of hundreds of places in the States. </p> |
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| | | <ref name="term_81439"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/washington+(2) Washington from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_81437"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/washington Washington from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |
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