Is Washington state and Washington D.C. are two different names for the same place?

Answer 1

Washington, D.C. is not the same as Washington state. Washington, D.C. is a city located on the Atlantic coast of the United States. Washington state is located nearly 2,500 miles away on the Pacific coast of the United States.

Answer 2

There's a Washington State in the North West corner of the US. Bordered by Canada, Idaho, Oregon (Which borders California) and the Pacific Ocean.

Washington DC is a city and not part of any state on the Atlantic Ocean, Virginia and Maryland

The pastal address abbrevaitions are WA and DC respectively

Answer 3

No, they are 2 different places. One as you said is a state- Washington. Located in the northwestern part of US. It borders Canada to the north Oregon ( a state ) to south and the State Of Idaho to the east. To the west is the Pacific ocean.

Washington DC is a City. It is on the east coast of the US. It is the Capitol of the United States, Its where the White House is. The DC stands for District of Columbia.

On TV Washington DC is talked about a lot , esp when it comes to government talk and it is often called simply Washington.

Answer 4

No, Washington state refers to the state of Washington, which is located in the northwest of the US. Washington D.C. is the name of the capital of the US, and is located on the east coast, and it is not part of any state.

Answer 5

No, they are two different places. Washington is a state on the western side of the United States. Washington D.C. is not a city nor a state. It is a federal district and is the capital of the US (located between Maryland and Virginia).

Answer 6

Washington State is a state of the United States located on the Pacific Ocean in the northwest part of the US.

Washington, D.C. is a city located in the State of Maryland located on the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern part of the US.

The two Washingtons are about 2800 miles apart from each other.

Answer 7

The difference is that Washington is on the West coast of the United States and Washington D.C. is near the East coast, also Washington is a STATE and Washington D.C. is a CITY!

Answer 8

No