Amadolobha amaningi afika namagama okuzibiza wona angase abonakale sengathi angakahleleki, kodwa ngokuvamile anezimpande kulokho idolobha elikulo lonke noma likutshele khona ngomlando womuzi. I-Seattle ayikho into ehlukile. Ngokuvamile okuthiwa yi-Emerald City, igama lesidlaliso sikaTattle lingase libukeke lihle kancane, mhlawumbe noma lihlehlisiwe. Phela, iSttletle ayaziwa ngama-emerald. Noma mhlawumbe umcabango wakho uhambela "IWizard of Oz," kepha Seattle akanakho konke okwenzayo nge-Oz noma (noma kunjalo, abanye bangase bathi i-Bill Gates ingumfana wizard).
Isiteketiso sikaTattle sibonwa kakhulu. I-Seattle ibizwa ngokuthi i-Emerald City ngoba idolobha nezindawo ezizungezile zigcwele amagugu unyaka wonke. Igama lesidlaliso livela ngokuqondile kule ndawo engokwemvelo. I-Emerald City iphinde ilandele isidlaliso se-Washington State njenge-Evergreen State (nakuba ingxenye engasempumalanga yeWashington idlula kakhulu kunezihlahla kanye nemithi eluhlaza njalo).
Yini eyenza i-Seattle iluhlaza kangaka?
Shayela eSttletle kusukela eningizimu futhi uzobona inqwaba yezihlahla ezivuthiwe kanye nezinye izinto zokulima ezimilayo I-5. Shayela kusuka enyakatho, uzobona okuningi. Ngisho nasenhliziyweni yedolobha, akukho ukuntuleka kwamahlathi, ngisho namahlathi aphelele-i-Discovery Park, iWashington Park Arboretum namanye amapaki ayingxenye yezihlathi eziphakathi kwemingcele yedolobha. I-Seattle iluhlaza cishe unyaka wonke ngenxa yezikhathi ezivuthiwe, kodwa futhi nezinye izihlahla eziningi, izihlahla, ama-ferns, ama-moss cishe ngawo wonke ama-surface kanye nezimbali zasendle ezikude eNyakatho-ntshonalanga futhi zikhula kuzo zonke izinkathi.
Kodwa-ke, izivakashi zingase zimangale ukuthi ihlobo ngokuvamile liyisikhathi esincane esiluhlaza ngonyaka. Imvula eyaziwa kakhulu yaseSttletle iningi ibonisa kusukela ngoSeptemba kuze kuwele nasebusika. Ngesikhathi esifudumele, awekho imvula eminingi kakhulu. Eqinisweni, iminyaka ethile ithola umswakama omangalisayo futhi kuyinto engavamile ukubona utshani obomile.
Ingabe i-Seattle Injalo Yayibizwa Nge-Emerald City?
Nope, Seattle ayengabizwa njalo ngokuthi i-Emerald City. Ngokomlando we-HistoryLink.org, umsuka weli gama livela emncintiswaneni owawubanjwe yi-Convention and Visitors Bureau ngo-1981. Ngo-1982, igama elithi Emerald City likhethiwe kusuka ekuncintweni komncintiswano njengegama lesidlaliso esisha se-Seattle. Ngaphambilini, iSttletle yayinezinye iziteketiso ezimbalwa ezijwayelekile, kuhlanganise ne-Queen City yePacific Northwest ne-Gateway eya e-Alaska-futhi ayikho enye into esebenzayo nencwajana yokukhangisa!
Amanye Amagama we-Seattle
Umuzi wase-Emerald awuyona ngisho nesidlaliso se-Seattle kuphela. Kubuye njalo kuthiwa i-Rain City (ukuqagela ukuthi kungani!), ICafana Capital of the World kanye neJet City, kusukela iBoeing isekelwe endaweni. Kuyinto engavamile ukubona lawa magama eduze kwedolobha ngamabhizinisi noma asetshenziselwa ukuhamba lapha.
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I-Seattle akuyona kuphela idolobha elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga elinesidlaliso. Yimizi eminingi kakhulu ethanda ukuba nesiteketiso futhi iningi labamakhelwane baseTttle nabo banabo.
Ngezinye izikhathi i- Bellevue ibizwa ngokuthi i-City ePaki ngenxa yemvelo yayo. Noma, lokhu kuxhomeke lapho ukhona ku-Bellevue. I-Downtown City Bellevue ingazizwa njengomuzi omkhulu, kanti nokho iDowntown Park inhle enhliziyweni yesenzo.
I-Tacoma eningizimu ibizwa ngokuthi iTown of Destiny kuze kube yilolu suku ngoba ikhethwe ukuba ibe yi-terminus esentshonalanga ye-Northern Pacific Railroad ngasekupheleni kwawo-1800. Ngesikhathi usuzobona i-City of Destiny ezungeze, lezi zinsuku i-Tacoma ibizwa ngokuthi i-T-Town (T imfushane ku-Tacoma) noma i-Grit City (okubhekiselwe ezedlule zezimboni zangasese nezamanje) njengesiteketiso.
I-Gig Harbour ibizwa ngokuthi i-Maritime City njengoba ikhula ngokuzungeze ichweba lapho, futhi isenayo i-maritime enkulu enama-marinas amade futhi idolobha layo libheke echwebeni.
I-Olympia ibizwa nge-Oly, elula nje i-Olympia.
I-Portland , i-Oregon, ibizwa ngokuthi i-City of Roses noma i-Rose City futhi, empeleni, lesi sidlaliso sasiqhubezela umxhwele wezitshalo ezizungeze umuzi. Kukhona ingadi enhle kakhulu eWashington Park naseRose Festival. I-Portland ivame ukubizwa ngeBridge City noma i-PDX, ngemuva kwesiphephelo sayo.