Meaning of Chinook | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
   Canada, US
2. A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.
3. A member of a Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River.
4. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
5. Chinook Jargon, a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest composed primarily of words from Chinook proper, English, and French, with some borrowings from other languages.
6. Alternative letter-case form of chinook
   alt-of
7. A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States.
8. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Missionary's address rolled on in choppy Chinook, undertoned by a gentle voice from the back of the room which told Tanook in pure Indian words what he was to do.”

“The Chinook sent a hunting party to the south.”

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