Also possibly an early-18th-century literary name of English origin created by Jonathan Swift for Gulliver's Travels as a pseudonym for Esther Vanhomrigh, based on the first syllable of her surname, and possibly the Latin verb esse, meaning to be. Jenessa, Vanita and Vannaleigh are compound forms.anessa /va-nes-sa/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced va-NESS-ah.
Sponsored Topics. Vashon is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon-Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. The population was 10,624 at the 2010 census.
Orient is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Ferry County, Washington, United States. The Kettle River flows to the east of the town and marks the border with Stevens County. A BNSF rail line runs through the town alongside U.S. Route 395. The population at the 2010 census was 115.