CHINOOK


Meaning of CHINOOK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ shə-ˈnu̇k, chə-, -ˈnük ]

noun

( plural Chinook or Chinooks )

Etymology: Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a Chinook village

Date: 1795

1. : a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth

2. : a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples

3. often not capitalized

a. : a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward

b. : a warm dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

4. not capitalized : chinook salmon

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.