AQUINO Italian, Spanish. From the name of an Italian town near Rome, the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy it is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.
It depends how you define âlargest.â The largest bird in Washington state by weight is the trumpeter swan, which, at 23 pounds, is one of the heaviest flying birds anywhere. These birds are typically about 60 inches long, with a wing span of 80 inches.
Off Olga Road, 14 miles from Orcas Island ferry landing; parks.wa.gov. Slate Peak: At 7,400 feet, Slate Peak, in the Pasayten Wilderness of the Okanogan National Forest, is the highest point in Washington reachable by automobile. Once intended as an Air Force radar station site, the leveled summit now hosts a fire lookout tower.