x̌ʷəlč
Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Bellingham. x̌ʷəlč is the Lushootseed word for Puget Sound, said roughly like whulch. The older English spelling is Whulge.
- Zone
- Sun Standard Time, UTC−8
- Biggest city
- Seattle
- Sun highest
- 12:09 on the clock in Seattle, all year
- People
- about 5.6 million
- Covers roughly
- western Washington
- Named for
- Coast Salish (Duwamish, Suquamish, Puyallup, Snohomish and others)
- Meaning
- Lushootseed name for Puget Sound; anglicized as Whulge
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