CHINOOK

chinook, chinook salmon, king salmon, quinnat salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

(noun) large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

Chinookan, Chinook

(noun) a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

Chinook

(noun) 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

chinook, chinook wind, snow eater

(noun) a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

chinook (plural chinooks)

(Canada, United States, physics, meteorology) 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.

The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Etymology

Proper noun

Chinook

A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.

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.

A Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River.

A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States.

Noun

Chinook (plural Chinooks)

A member of this Native American people.

Alternative letter-case form of chinook

Source: Wiktionary

Chi*nook", n.

1. (Ethnol.)

Definition: 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. 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition