a port and industrial city in the state of Washington, on the eastern shores of Puget Sound; pop. 516,260 (1990). First settled in 1852, it is now the largest city in the north-western US 西雅图(华盛顿州港口、工业城市,位于皮吉特湾东岸;1990年人口516,260;1852年开始殖民,现为美国西北部最大城市)