 What's the address? City City a city is an area where people live that is larger than a town but smaller than a state or country Olympia Tacoma Spokane and Seattle are cities in Washington State a state is a part of a country that has its own government But that follows the laws and rules of the whole country. There are 50 states in the United States Digit a digit is a written symbol for a number from zero to nine both phone numbers and addresses contain digits Phone number a phone number is the set of numbers that you use to call someone on the telephone Phone numbers can be seven or ten digits long Area code an area code is the first three digits in a phone number It tells what part of the state the number comes from the area codes in Washington are five zero nine three six zero two five three four two five and two zero six Address an address is a group of words and numbers that tells where a place is a Complete address includes a number the street name the state the city and the zip code zip code or zip a Zip code is a postal code used by the US post office zip codes can be five or nine digits For example a five-digit zip code is nine eight five zero four and a nine-digit zip code is zero two two zero one dash one zero two zero Abbreviation an abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word using only some of the letters in the word Some examples of abbreviations are st Av and blvd ST ST is the abbreviation for street when we write an address We usually use the abbreviation for street for example eight five six Foss Street Av Av is the abbreviation for Avenue when we write an address. We usually use the abbreviation for Avenue for example nine eight six five beacon Av NSEW NSEW are abbreviations for the direction words north south east and west Some street addresses include a direction word for example 1400 East State Street APT APT is the abbreviation for apartment when you live in an apartment you include the apartment number in your address for example 56 North Plum Street apartment number for B The end