Amadolophu amaninzi afika kunye namajelo abo angabonakali njengento enokungahambi, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo banengcambu kweso sixeko malunga okanye baxelele ngembali yesixeko. Seattle akukho nto. Ngokuqhelekileyo ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko sase-Emerald, igama lesidlaliso sikaSeattle lingabonakala lincinci, mhlawumbi lingafanelekanga. Emva koko, iSttletle ayiyaziwa ngama-emeralds. Okanye mhlawumbi ukucinga kwakho kuya kwi "Wizard ye-Oz," kodwa i-Seattle ayinayo yonke into enokuyenza kunye ne-Oz (nangona, abanye banokuthi i-Bill Gates iyinto encinci yewizard).
Isiteketiso sikaSeattle sibonwa ngakumbi. I-Seattle ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko sase-Emerald kuba isixeko kunye neendawo ezikufutshane zizaliswe ngokutsha iminyaka yonke. Igama lesiteketiso livela ngqo kule ndawo. Isixeko sase-Emerald sichaza negama lesidlaliso se-Washington State njenge-Evergreen State (nangona isiqingatha sempuma saseWashington sinqabileyo ngaphezu kwezinto ezinemihlathi kunye nemifuno eluhlaza).
Yintoni eyenza i Seattle ibe yiGreen kangaka?
Shayela eSttletle ukusuka kumzantsi kwaye uza kubona ezininzi zeemvula kunye nezinye izinto ezitshintshiweyo eziqhelekileyo I-5. Dlulisa ukusuka kumntla, uza kubona ezinye. Kulungile nasentliziyweni yeso sixeko, akukho nqongophala yokuhluma, kunye namahlathi apheleleyo-i-Discovery Park, i-Washington Park Arboretum kunye nezinye iipaki zibonakalisa imizekelo yeendawo ezinemihlathi emida. I-Seattle iluhlaza ngokubanzi kuwo wonke unyaka ngenxa yemigqomo ebanzi, kodwa neminye eminye imithi, izihlahla, ama-ferns, ama-moss malunga nayo yonke indawo kunye neentyantyambo zasendle ezihamba phambili kwiNtshona-ntshona kwaye zikhula kuwo onke amaxesha.
Nangona kunjalo, iindwendwe zinokumangaliswa kukuba ihlobo lidla ixesha elincinci lonyaka. Imvula edumileyo yaseSetletle ibonisa ngokususela ngoSeptemba ukuya kwehla nasebusika. Ngethuba lokushushu, akukho mvula ebanzi kakhulu. Enyanisweni, eminye iminyaka inokumangalisa okumangalisayo kwaye akuqhelekanga ukubona imichila yomile.
Ngaba i-Seattle ihlala ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko sase-Emerald?
Nope, Seattle yayingasoloko ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko sase-Emerald. Ngokomlando we-HistoryLink.org, imvelaphi yekota ivela kumncintiswano ogcinwe yiNgqungquthela kunye nabavakashele kwiBhodi ngo-1981. Ngowe-1982, igama lika-Emerald City likhethwe kwiinkalo zokungenela njengolu lutsha lomnxeba lwase Seattle. Ngaphambili kule ndawo, iSttletle yayinezinye iigama eziqhelekileyo eziqhelekileyo, kuquka i-Queen City yePacific North-West kunye neSango eliya e-Alaska-kwaye akukho nto isebenza ngokufanelekileyo kwincwadana yentengiso!
Amanye amagama ase Seattle
ISixeko sase-Emerald asikho nickname kuphela ye-Seattle. Kwakhona ngokuqhelekileyo kuthiwa iMvula City (ukuqagela ukuba kutheni!), INkunzi yeCafesi yeHlabathi kunye neJet City, ekubeni i-Boeing isekelwe kule ndawo. Akuqhelekanga ukuwabona la magama malunga needolophu kumashishini okanye asetyenziswe apha naphandle.
Ezinye iiNicknames zesiXeko saseNorthwest
I-Seattle akuyena kuphela umzi waseNyakatho-ntshonalanga enegama lomnxeba. Yinyaniso-izixeko ezininzi zinomdla wokuba nomnxeba kunye nabamelwane base Seattle banabo.
I-Bellevue ngamanye amaxesha kuthiwa iSixeko kwiPaki ngenxa yemvelo yayo. Nangona, oku kuxhomekeke apho ulapho e-Bellevue. I-Downtown i-Bellevue inokuziva ngathi idolophu enkulu, kodwa i-Downtown Park ilungile entliziyweni yesenzo.
I-Tacoma ukuya ngasemzantsi ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko soMonakalo kuze kube namhlanje ngenxa yokuba yanyulwa ukuba ibe yintshona yeeNtshona Pacific Railroad ngasekupheleni kwe-1800. Ngeli xesha uza kubona isiXeko soMonakalo ngeenxa zonke, le mihla i-Tacoma ibizwa ngokuba yiT-Town (T ifutshane kwiTacoma) okanye kwiSixeko sase-Grit (ngokubhekisele kwixesha elidlulileyo lemveliso nelikhoyo) njengesiza.
I-Gig Harbour ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko saseMaritime ekubeni ikhulile ijikeleze ichweba apho, kwaye isenokuba nobukhulu bamanxweme kunye nama marinas amaninzi kwaye idolophu yayo idlulele kwichweba.
I-Olympia ibizwa ngokuba yi-Oly, elula nje i-Olympia.
I-Portland , i-Oregon, ibizwa ngokuba yiSixeko saseRoses okanye i-Rose City kwaye, ngokwenene, isiteketiso sasiqhubela i-room yama-roses malunga nomzi. Kukhona intsimi e-rose eWashington Park kunye neRose Festival. I-Portland iphinda ibizwa ngokuba yiBridge City okanye i-PDX, emva kwelo moya.