Seattle

English

Etymology

Named after Chief Seattle, from Lushootseed siʔaɬ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈætəl̩/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [-ɾɫ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætəl

Proper noun

Seattle

2. 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], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, 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], San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 October 2026:

     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)
• Polish: Seattle (pl) n
• Portuguese: Seattle f
• Russian: Сиэ́тл (ru) m (Siétl)
• Spanish: Seattle (es) f
• Swedish: Seattle (sv) n
• Turkish: Seattle
• Ukrainian: Сіетл (Sietl), Сієтл (Sijetl)
• Vietnamese: Seattle, Tây Nhã Đồ (dated)

References

• TopoZone: Seattle

Anagrams

• tsatlee

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Seattle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjatœl/

Proper noun

Seattle m or f

1. Seattle (a seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Lushootseed siʔaɬbor.

English Seattleubor.

Portuguese Seattle

Unadapted borrowing from English Seattle.

Proper noun

Seattle f

1. Seattle (a seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Lushootseed siʔaɬbor.

English Seattleubor.

Spanish Seattle

Unadapted borrowing from English Seattle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈatel/ [seˈa.t̪el]
  • Rhymes: -atel
• IPA^(key): /seˈatol/ [seˈa.t̪ol]
  • Rhymes: -atol
• Syllabification: Se‧at‧tle

Proper noun

Seattle f

1. Seattle (a seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County)

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Seattle.

Proper noun

Seattle n (genitive Seattles)

1. Seattle (a seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County)
   • 2020 December, Caroline Bèchade, “Ny forskning: Bildäck dödar laxar [New research: Car tires kill salmon]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]‎^[3], archived from the original on 23 August 2025:

     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.