Puget Sound

/ˈpjuː.d͡ʒɪt ˈsaʊnd//ˈpjuː.d͡ʒət ˈsaʊnd/

proper noun

A sound along the northwestern coast of Washington, United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A sound along the northwestern coast of Washington, United States.

    A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and crashed on an island in south Puget Sound after being coaxed by air-traffic control to try to land and trailed by two fighter jets, officials said.

    2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018

Origin

Originally "Puget's Sound". Named after English Hugenot Royal Navy officer Peter Puget (1765–1822), who accompanied Captain George Vancouver on his 1792 exploration of the Salish Sea.

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Translations

Finnish Pugetinlahti
  • Pugetinlahtia sound in Washington
Spanish estrecho de Puget
  • estrecho de Pugeta sound in Washington
Cite this entry
APA

Puget Sound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Puget%20Sound

MLA

“Puget Sound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Puget%20Sound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Puget Sound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Puget%20Sound.

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