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