White House

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White House

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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.

proper noun the White House

  1. US The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America. The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.
  2. US, metonymically The US presidency and its administration. The White House announced its support for the new law.
  3. US, broadly Any executive residence Little White House
  4. Synonym of Russian White House.

    Similar: Russian White House

  5. A community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  6. A city in Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  7. A community in New Kent County, Virginia, also known as White House Landing.
  8. A community in Page County, Virginia.

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name the official residence of the President of the United States of America

EspañolCasa Blanca
한국어백악관 Baegakgwan, 화이트 하우스 Hwaiteu hauseu
日本語ホワイトハウス Howaitohausu, 白堊館 Hakuakan, Howaitohausu
中文白宮 /白宫 Báigōng
हिन्दीव्हाइट हाउस vhāiṭ hāus, श्वेत महल śvet mahal
KiswahiliIkulu ya Marekani
PortuguêsCasa Branca
FrançaisMaison Blanche, Maison-Blanche
DeutschWeißes Haus
ItalianoCasa Bianca
ΕλληνικάΛευκός Οίκος Lefkós Oíkos
RomânăCasa Albă
РусскийБе́лый дом Bélyj dom
Tiếng ViệtNhà Trắng, Tòa Bạch Ốc, Tòa Bạch Cung, Bạch Ốc, Bạch Cung
العربيةالْبَيْت الْأَبْيَض al-bayt al-ʔabyaḍ, بَيْت أَبْيَض bayt ʔabyaḍ
עבריתהַבַּיִת הַלָּבָן ha-báyit ha-laván

name (idiomatic) the US presidency

中文白宮 /白宫 Báigōng
FrançaisMaison Blanche
ItalianoCasa Bianca
Tiếng ViệtNhà Trắng, Tòa Bạch Ốc, Tòa Bạch Cung, Bạch Ốc, Bạch Cung

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@misc{white_house_2026,
  title = {White House},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20house},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}