Last name meaning Farris: This is an Anglicization of the Old Gaelic name O' Fearghusa - a compound of the Gaelic O (meaning grandson or male descendant) and the personal name Fergus, composed of the elements fear - a man and gus - vigour or force...
To promote awareness of the animal, the Legislature adopted the state endemic mammal in 2009. 2009: Fish: Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Adopted as the state fish in 1969, the steelhead is one of the most popular fish for recreational fishing in Washington. While the Legislature used an old scientific name Salmo gairdnerii to describe the fish, two subspecies of rainbow trout are anadromous and known as steelheadâColumbia River redband trout O. m. gairdneri and coastal rainbow trout O. m. irideus.
Washington /ËwÉÊÉªÅtÉn/ is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho, and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.t was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. The state of Washington is often referred to as Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C. , the capital of the United States.