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Seattle Aquarium
Seattle Aquarium: nonprofit public aquarium on Pier 59, Seattle's central waterfront, opened 1977; ninth largest in the U.S. by attendance; operated by Seattle Aquarium Society since 2010; Ocean Pavilion expansion opened August 29, 2024.
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Art Museum is a visual arts institution in Seattle. It opened in 1933, tracing its origin to the Seattle Fine Arts Society, and operates three distinct locations.
Seattle Center Monorail
The Seattle Center Monorail, also known as the Seattle monorail, is an elevated transit line built in 1962 for the Seattle World's Fair, running between Westlake Center and Seattle Center.
Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library: downtown Seattle main branch of The Seattle Public Library, opened May 23, 2004, designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA with LMN Architects; 11 floors, 362,987 sq ft, Books Spiral, diamond glass-and-steel grid.
Seattle City Light
Seattle City Light is the publicly owned, not-for-profit electric utility of the City of Seattle, created in 1910 and serving more than 503,000 customer premises with carbon-neutral electricity.
Seattle Freeze
Seattle Freeze: term for Seattle residents' polite but distant social culture, coined by Julia Sommerfeld in the Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine in 2005, supported by civic-engagement rankings and studied as a self-fulfilling stereotype.
Seattle Kraken
Seattle Kraken, NHL's 32nd franchise (approved December 4, 2018; first season 2021-22), playing at Climate Pledge Arena; named July 23, 2020; reached the 2023 second round.
Seattle Liberation Front
Seattle Liberation Front (SLF): radical antiwar group founded at University of Washington in January 1970 by Michael Lerner; sponsored the February 17, 1970 Day After courthouse riot, leading to the Seattle Seven conspiracy trial; disbanded 1971.
Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners, MLB American League West franchise founded 1976, playing since 1999 at T-Mobile Park. Only active MLB team never to reach a World Series; record 116-win 2001 season; six playoff berths.
Seattle metropolitan area
The Seattle metropolitan area (Seattle–Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA) is the King, Pierce, and Snohomish County region in Washington, population about 4.16 million in 2025, with a $487.8 billion 2023 GDP led by tech and information.
Seattle Pilots
Seattle Pilots, 1969 American League expansion team at Sicks Stadium; went 64-98 under Joe Schultz, then went bankrupt and became the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970.
Seattle Police Department
Seattle Police Department (SPD), municipal police force of Seattle, Washington, largest municipal law enforcement agency in the state; operated under a 2012-2025 federal consent decree for use-of-force reforms, overseen by OPA, OIG, and CPC civilian accountability bodies, with five precincts and high chief turnover.
Seattle Public Library
Seattle Public Library (SPL), Seattle's municipal library system established 1890, operates the Central Library at 1000 Fourth Avenue plus 26 branches; three Central Library buildings (Carnegie 1906, 1960, 2004) have stood on the same site.
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle Public Schools, also known as Seattle School District No. 1, is the largest K-12 system in Washington state. It began district-wide busing in 1978.
Seattle School District No. 1 v. State
Seattle School District No. 1 v. State is a 1978 Washington Supreme Court ruling that the state's paramount duty to fund basic education cannot rely on local levies.
Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks: NFL expansion franchise (1976, with Tampa Bay) in the NFC West, based at Lumen Field since 2002. Two-time Super Bowl champions (XLVIII 2013; LX 2025, 29-13 over New England); sold by the Allen estate to the Khosla family for $9.612 billion in 2026.
Seattle Slew
Seattle Slew (1974-2002), American Thoroughbred, 10th Triple Crown winner (1977) and the first to win it undefeated; Horse of the Year 1977, champion sire of A.P. Indy, distinct from Secretariat and Affirmed.
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC, MLS club since 2009 continuing the 1974 NASL Sounders name; plays at Lumen Field; MLS Cup champion 2016 and 2019, four-time U.S. Open Cup winner.
Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm: WNBA Western Conference team founded in 2000, based at Climate Pledge Arena, owned by Force 10 Hoops; four-time WNBA champions (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) with retired numbers for Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson.
Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle SuperSonics, NBA franchise 1967-2008, won the 1979 NBA title with Finals MVP Dennis Johnson under coach Lenny Wilkens, relocated to Oklahoma City as the Thunder in 2008, name and history reserved for a possible Seattle expansion team.
Seattle Thunderbirds
Seattle Thunderbirds, WHL major junior hockey team in Kent, Washington (accesso ShoWare Center, since 2009); formerly the Breakers; Ed Chynoweth Cup champions in 2017 and 2023; owners Dan and Lindsey Leckelt since 2017.
Seattle Torrent
Seattle Torrent: PWHL professional women's ice hockey team in Seattle, announced April 30, 2025 as one of the league's first two expansion clubs with Vancouver Goldeneyes; plays at Climate Pledge Arena, debuted 2025-26, colors Slate Green and Blue.
Seattle Underground
The Seattle Underground is a network of buried storefronts and sidewalks beneath Pioneer Square in Seattle, Washington, left behind when the streets were raised after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
Seattle University
Seattle University: Jesuit Catholic university founded 1891 in Seattle's Capitol Hill/First Hill; 7,200+ students, six schools and colleges; absorbed Cornish College of the Arts in 2025; Maura Mast is 23rd president; moves to semesters in 2027.
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is the main airport for the Seattle area, located in SeaTac, Washington, and operated by the Port of Seattle.
Seattle's Best Coffee
Seattle's Best Coffee is an American coffee brand begun in 1969 by the Stewart brothers on Whidbey Island, Washington, bought by Starbucks in 2003 and sold to Nestlé in 2023.
Seawall
A seawall is a rigid coastal defense structure, typically concrete, stone, or steel, built parallel to the shore to protect land behind it from wave attack, erosion, and flooding.
Seawater
Seawater, also called marine water, is the salt water of the ocean, typically containing about 35 grams of dissolved salt per liter, mostly sodium and chloride.
Seawater electrolysis
Seawater electrolysis is the electrochemical splitting of seawater into hydrogen and oxygen, directly or after desalination, as a route to green hydrogen. Its main obstacles are corrosion, chlorine side reactions, and limited catalyst lifetime.
Seaway Pipeline
The Seaway Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline linking Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Texas Gulf Coast, owned equally by Enterprise Products Partners and Enbridge and built in 1976.