Seattle

Se·at·tle ¹  (s-tl) Originally Seatlh. 1786?-1866.

Native American leader of the Duwamish, Suquamish, and allied peoples, who befriended white settlers of the Pacific Northwest. The city of Seattle is named for him.

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Se·at·tle ²  (s-tl)

A city of west-central Washington bounded by Puget Sound and Lake Washington. First settled in the 1850s, it prospered after the coming of the railroad in 1884 and became a boom town during the Alaskan gold rush of 1897. It is now an important commercial, transportation, and industrial hub and a major port of entry. Population: 582,000.

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Seattle [sɪˈæt^əl]

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(Placename) a port in W Washington, on the isthmus between Lake Washington and Puget Sound: the largest city in the state and chief commercial centre of the Northwest; two universities. Pop.: 563 374 (2000)

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Seattle - a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington Space Needle - a tower 605 feet tall in Seattle; a tourist attraction University of Washington - a university in Seattle, Washington Evergreen State, WA, Washington - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific