Chinook

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river).

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Proper noun[edit]

Chinook

  1. A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.
  2. 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.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 1, in Klee Wyck[1]:
      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.
  3. A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Montana, United States.

Noun[edit]

Chinook (plural Chinooks or Chinook)

  1. A member of a Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River.
    The Chinook sent a hunting party to the south.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of chinook

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