English Explanatory Dictionary

White House

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.
  2. The US presidency and its administration.
  3. Any executive residence
  4. Synonym of Russian White House.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  7. A city in Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  8. A community in New Kent County, Virginia, also known as White House Landing.
  9. A community in Page County, Virginia.

Pronunciation

En-au-White House.ogg

Word forms

White House the White House

Etymology

From the Executive Mansion ("house") of the United States of America having been painted white, giving its appearance of a white house; having been painted to cover up the damage from the War of 1812 when the British burned the mansion down.

Synonyms

Russian White House

Related words

Blue House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Derived words

White Houser

Translations

Afrikaans: Withuis Albanian: Shtëpia e Bardhë Amharic: ዋይት ሃውስ Arabic: الْبَيْت الْأَبْيَض Arabic: بَيْت أَبْيَض Armenian: Սպիտակ տուն Azerbaijani: Ağ Ev Bashkir: Аҡ Йорт Basque: Etxe Zuria Belarusian: Бе́лы дом Bengali: হোয়াইট হাউস Breton: Ti Gwenn Bulgarian: Бе́лият дом Burmese: အိမ်ဖြူတော် Catalan: Casa Blanca Chinese Cantonese: 白宮 /白宫 Chinese: 白厝 Chinese: 白宮 /白宫 Chinese Mandarin: 白宮 /白宫 Corsican: Casa Bianca Czech: Bílý dům Danish: Det hvide hus Dutch: Witte Huis Esperanto: Blanka Domo Estonian: Valge Maja Faroese: Tað hvíta húsið Finnish: Valkoinen talo French: Maison Blanche French: Maison-Blanche West-Frisian: Wite Hûs Galician: Casa Branca Georgian: თეთრი სახლი German: Weißes Haus Greek: Λευκός Οίκος Hebrew: הַבַּיִת הַלָּבָן Hindi: व्हाइट हाउस Hindi: श्वेत महल Hungarian: Fehér Ház Icelandic: Hvíta húsið Ido: Blanka Domo Indonesian: Gedung Putih Irish: Teach Bán Italian: Casa Bianca Japanese: ホワイトハウス Japanese: 白堊館
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