Seattle

American  

[see-at-l] / siˈæt l /

noun

1. Seatlh, c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.

2. a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.

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Seattle British  

/ sɪˈætəl /

noun

1. 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: 569 101 (2003 est)

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Seattle Cultural  

1. The largest city in the state of Washington.

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Although no longer the headquarters of the Boeing Aircraft Company, the Seattle region still contains many Boeing facilities.

Example Sentences

In the nation’s fastest-selling markets — St. Louis, Seattle and Hartford, Conn. — over a third of homes are being sold after just a week on the market.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The rebuild is underway in Seattle after the Storm fired Noelle Quinn and lost the majority of their veteran players.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

“The stock has been as cheap as it has been in the past 10 to 15 years” on a price-to-book basis, says Charlie Frischer, who runs a Seattle family office and owns the shares.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

During his first appointment in Seattle, my parents learned that their seven-year-old’s illness was accompanied by the Philadelphia chromosome.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The first great strike of 1919 began on January 21, when thirty-five thousand Seattle, Washington, shipyard workers walked off their jobs, demanding higher wages and shorter working hours.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler