CHINOOK JARGON


Meaning of CHINOOK JARGON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Usage: often capitalized J

Date: 1840

: a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern United States and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska

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