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Watergate complex

38.8989°N -77.0542°W · Q1419538

One English word in this atlas traces back to Watergate complex. It sits in United States.

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Watergatenoun · 20th century
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The suffix for every scandal since is a Washington office block.

The 1972 break-in at the Watergate complex gave the affair its name, and the ending -gate has been attached to scandals ever since.

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