Foggy Bottom

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Foggy Bottom

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Perhaps in reference to the smoke from industrial facilities.

proper noun

A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
US, metonymically The United States Department of State, whose headquarters are located nearby. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked boldly about smart power projection, but by the time she left Foggy Bottom, she was still stuck deploying the same meager, smart power tools that she inherited.

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name foggy neighborhood; DOS

中文	霧谷 /雾谷 Wù Gǔ

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"Foggy Bottom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foggy%20bottom. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"Foggy Bottom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/foggy%20bottom.

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@misc{foggy_bottom_2026,
  title = {Foggy Bottom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foggy%20bottom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}