Foggy Bottom
Diplomatic headquarters' neighborhood
Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., home to the U.S.
State Department.
By metonymy, Foggy Bottom refers to the State Department itself or American foreign policy establishment: Foggy Bottom issued a statement condemning the attacks.
The name comes from the area's marshy terrain and industrial fog in earlier centuries.
United States capital city
- George Washington UniversityPrivate DC research institution
- State DepartmentFederal foreign affairs office
- Watergate1970s political crisis
- Kennedy CenterNational performing arts center
Potomac River · diplomats · townhouses · rowhouses · apartments · residential · urban · community
Unclear, indistinct
low-lying · swampy · marshland · river fog · vaporous · overcast · dewy · moist
Of occupied territories
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
architecture · National Register · townhouse · rowhouse · restoration · gentrification · redevelopment · nineteenth century
Washington D.C.
United States capital city
- George Washington UniversityPrivate DC research institution
- State DepartmentFederal foreign affairs office
- Watergate1970s political crisis
Kennedy Center · Potomac River · diplomats · townhouses · rowhouses · apartments · residential · urban · community · shops
hazy
Unclear, indistinct
humid · low-lying · swampy · marshland · river fog · vaporous · overcast · dewy · moist · brume
colonial
Of occupied territories
preservation · architecture · National Register · townhouse · rowhouse · restoration · gentrification · redevelopment · nineteenth century · brick
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
- DC AreaWashington DC, Bethesda, Arlington, Rockville, Fairfax
- DC MetroGreen Line, Metro, Bethesda, Chinatown, Clarendon
- DC NeighborhoodsCapitol Hill, Chinatown, Georgetown, Shaw, Bloomingdale
- DC LandmarksWhite House, Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial
- Washington DCWhite House, Capitol, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument
Foggy BottomCapitol Hill
Congressional district and synecdoche
Langley · Congress · Wall Street · Main Street · Quantico
Foggy Bottomhard power
Influence via force or economic pressure
gunboat diplomacy · war hawks · saber-rattling · Fort Bragg · boots on the ground
bottom, foggy, bottoms, fogs, bottomless, fogging, bottomed, fogginess, foggiest