No matter: they concurred unanimously in... every point with what had been thought best in Philadelphia.. The commissioners named the city Washington.. They also had to name the ten mile square, mandated by the Constitution, that the the city was in. In 1791 there were already two existing towns in that ten mile square, Georgetown and Alexandria. They chose the name Columbia.. As far as I can ascertain there was no debate about Columbia either.
A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain, pump water, or both. Thus they often were gristmills, windpumps, or both.
(ËwÉªndËmÉªl; ËwÉªnËmÉªl) n. 1. (Mechanical Engineering) a machine for grinding or pumping driven by a set of adjustable vanes or sails that are caused to turn by the force of the wind. 2. (Mechanical Engineering) the set of vanes or sails that drives such a mill. 3. (Other Non-sporting Hobbies) Also called: whirligig Brit a toy consisting of plastic or paper vanes attached to a stick in such a manner that they revolve like the sails of a windmill. US and Canadian name: pinwheel.