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Puyallup (/ p juː ˈ æ l ə p / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is on the Puyallup River about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle .
The name "Puyallup" is an anglicization of the Lushootseed word spuyaləpabš.The name means "people of the bend (at the bottom of the river)," [2] literally s√puy=áləp=abš, from the root √puy̓, 'curve'; the suffix =alap, 'leg or hip'; and the suffix =abš, 'people', [1] and refers to the way that the Puyallup people live on the winding river. [3]
The Puyallup Indian Reservation is the reservation of the Puyallup Tribe, located in parts of Pierce and King counties of Washington state. The reservation, located at 47°14′38″N 122°22′15″W / 47.24389°N 122.37083°W / 47.24389; -122.37083 , is mostly located in Pierce County, although a small part is located in the city ...
The North Puyallup River flows from the toe of Puyallup Glacier, while the South Puyallup River flows from Tahoma Glacier. The two streams flow through the western part of Mount Rainier National Park , joining just outside the park boundary and forming the Puyallup River proper, which then flows generally north and northwest until it reaches ...
Tacoma (/ t ə ˈ k oʊ m ə / tə-KOH-mə) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. [6] A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle, 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Bellevue, 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park, and 80 miles (130 km) east ...