Watergate

See also: watergate and water gate

English

Etymology

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/

Proper noun

Watergate

  1. A US political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

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References
  1. John Kelly (13 December 2004), “Answer Man: A Gate to Summers Past”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 18 September 2009, retrieved 18 September 2009
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