The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland, to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland, to the east; and Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia, to the south and west.The name Washington was to honor the first president of the USA, George Washington. The name Columbia is ...
Even ancient scholars were at a loss to account for the name's origin. Plato suggested "that the name Hermes has to do with speech, and signifies that he is the interpreter," thanks to its similarity to ερμενηυς (hermenus) "interpretor." However, it is now believed thatherm...