Bellevue, Washington (Wikipedia)

Bellevue (ˈbɛlvjuː; ) is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 109,569 at the 2000 census, but by 2007 had grown to an estimated 121,347. Bellevue residents are known as Bellevueites. • Downtown Bellevue i