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

1. A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.

   Synonym: Emerald City (informal)

   • 2009 April 9, Bethany Lyttle, “Bonding With Their Downward-Facing Humans”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 November 2020:

     Doga instructors are not required to complete certification, though teacher training seminars do exist, like ones taught by Brenda Bryan, 43, a yoga and doga instructor in Seattle who has just written a book on the subject.

   • 2025 May 19, Kate Knibbs, “Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet”, in WIRED‎^[2], 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.

Derived terms

• Seattle Freeze
• Seattleite

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
• Georgian: სიეტლი (sieṭli)
• 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

1. Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Seattle f

1. Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)

Swedish

Etymology

From English Seattle.

Proper noun

Seattle n (genitive Seattles)

1. 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]‎^[3]:

     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.