saltwater
Regional
- Meaning
- Puget Sound and its marine inlets, as a place to be near
- Type
- Regionalism
- Used in
- Pacific Northwest, Washington
What does “saltwater” mean
In Washington's Puget Sound country, 'saltwater' is used as a noun for the Sound and its marine shoreline, as in living 'on the saltwater' or having a 'saltwater view'. It distinguishes the inland sea from the region's many lakes and rivers and overlaps with the older Chinook-derived 'salt chuck'.
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