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1. (n.) Chinook
a member of an American Indian people aboriginally inhabiting the N shore of the mouth of the Columbia River.
2. Chinook
a member of any of a group of peoples including the Chinook of the Columbia River mouth and related peoples to the S and W.
3. Chinook
either of two languages spoken by these peoples, one, now extinct, spoken on both sides of the Columbia estuary
4. Chinook
(l.c.) a warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the E slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chinook, chinook wind, snow eater
a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
2. (noun) Chinook
a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
3. (noun) chinook salmon, chinook, king salmon
pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
4. (noun) Chinookan, Chinook
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
5. (noun) chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Chinook
one of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians
2. (noun) Chinook
a warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory
3. (noun) Chinook
a jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Chinook
a tribe of Indians in Washington Territory, noted for flattening their skulls.
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