Seattle

[ see-at-l ]

noun

1. Seatlh, c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
2. a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.

Seattle

/ 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)

Seattle

1. The largest city in the state of Washington .

Notes

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

Example Sentences

Moreover, it doesn’t hurt Seattle if other teams think a Wilson trade is possible.

From Washington Post

Although not mentioned publicly, a letter to staff obtained by The Seattle Times, and purportedly signed by Trader Joe’s executives, cites the local ordinances passed in California and Seattle as reasons for the increased bonus.

From Eater

The company, which owns more than a dozen grocery chains, announced earlier this month it would close two additional stores in Seattle after the city passed a $4-an-hour hazard pay mandate for grocery workers.

From Washington Post

In 2016, ISB merged with Providence Health & Services in Seattle, a massive network with 51 hospitals, billions of dollars in cash, and a hunger to develop a more robust research program.

From MIT Technology Review

After a welding job he’d been promised in Seattle disappeared in October, he fell more than $4,000 behind on rent and has since struggled to provide for himself and his 5-month-old son.

From Time

Strange as it may seem, I first pondered this question in the airport concourse at Seattle.

From The Daily Beast

I was with Joe, an old friend, last week in Seattle to celebrate the restoration of that very first 747.

From The Daily Beast

Fryberg was “a really good kid,” and “well liked,” according to someone who knew the family and spoke to The Seattle Times.

From The Daily Beast

Seattle is one of the most recent, with its city council voting this year to adopt the indigenous version of the holiday.

From The Daily Beast

In June 1909, Model Ts were two of the first three finishers in a grueling New York-to-Seattle rally.

From The Daily Beast

He remembered a little friend back in Seattle to whom he had promised a bear-skin.

From Project Gutenberg

He managed to make his way to Seattle and in spite of his condition returned to Everett that same night.

From Project Gutenberg

After a brief conversation Mahler was deported to Seattle by the same car on which he had made the trip over.

From Project Gutenberg

Roberts ran down the street to the interurban depot, where he hid behind a freight car until just before the car left for Seattle.

From Project Gutenberg

As he had lied before he was not believed, but, as a test, Earl Osborne went from Seattle to open up the hall once more.

From Project Gutenberg