Puget SoundPu·get Sound
inlet of the Pacific in NW Wash.: c. 100 mi (161 km) long
Origin of Puget Soundafter Lt. Peter Puget of the Vancouver expedition (1792)
The southeast part of the Salish Sea in western Washington, extending south from the Strait of Juan de Fuca through Admiralty Inlet. The cities of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia are along its shores.