Whulge

Before then, it was simply known as Whulge, the Lushootseed word for saltwater.

The News Tribune Blogs 2009

No wonder that this mountain of changing moods, overtopping every other eminence in the Northwest, answered the idea of God to the simple, imaginative mind of the Indians who hunted in the forest on its slopes or fished in the waters of Whulge that ebbed and flowed at its base.

The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams

For my purposes, almost anything filmed even partially around the Puget Sound AKA The Salish Sea AKA The Whulge AKA “Everett to Olympia, Bremerton to Bellevue” counts as "Seattle area". My goal is to highlight filmmaking in the area, not exclude stuff based on technicalities.

Seattle Film History 2025

Native Americans used the name Whulge for the Sound coming from the meaning for ocean or salt water.

Summer Learning: Nature in the Pacific Northwest - The Imagine Institute Devon Allen 2024

Whulge – The oldest place name we have, x̌ʷəlč—often written in English as whulge—means salt water, and is the Lushootseed word for Puget Sound.

Words of Place David B. Williams 2024