Seattle

English

Etymology

Named after Chief Seattle, from Lushootseed siʔaɬ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈætl̩/
- (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [-ɾɫ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ætəl

Proper noun

Seattle

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.
- 2025 May 19, Kate Knibbs, “Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet”, in WIRED‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
  As I waited to meet with Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, on the 25th floor of an office building in downtown Seattle, I stared out at the city’s waterfront and thought: God fucking damn it.

Synonyms

Emerald City (informal)

Derived terms

Translations

city in the state of Washington, USA

American Sign Language: S@NearSide-PalmForward Sidetoside
Arabic: سِيَاتَل m (siyātal)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 西雅圖 / 西雅图 (sai¹ ngaa⁵ tou⁴)

Mandarin: 西雅圖 / 西雅图 (zh) (Xīyǎtú)
Dutch: Seattle n
French: Seattle (fr) m or f
German: Seattle (de) n
Greek: Σιάτλ (el) (Siátl)
Hindi: सीऐटल (sīaiṭal)
Japanese: シアトル (Shiatoru)
Khmer: ស៊ីអាថុល (siiʼaathol)
Klallam: siʔáɬ
Korean: 시애틀 (Siaeteul)
Ladino: Siatli
Latin: Seattlum n
Lushootseed: dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič
Persian: سیاتل (seyâtel)
Portuguese: Seattle f
Russian: Сиэ́тл (ru) m (Siétl)
Spanish: Seattle (es) f
Swedish: Seattle (sv) n
Turkish: Seattle
Ukrainian: Сіетл (Sietl), Сієтл (Sijetl)

Anagrams

tsatlee

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sjatœl/

Proper noun

Seattle m or f

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Seattle f

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)

Swedish

Etymology

From English Seattle.

Proper noun

Seattle n (genitive Seattles)

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)
- 2020 December, Caroline Bèchade, “Ny forskning: Bildäck dödar laxar [New research: Car tires kill salmon]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]‎^[2]:
  När det regnar i Seattle dör silverlaxar i bäckarna runt stan.
  When it rains in Seattle, silver salmon die in the small streams around the city.