HOOCHINOO


Meaning of HOOCHINOO in English

/hooh"cheuh nooh', hooh'cheuh nooh"/ , n. , pl. hoochinoos .

a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.

Also, hootchinoo .

[ 1875-80, Amer.; orig. the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island, Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alter. of Tlingit xucnu·wú lit., brown bear's fort ( xú·c brown bear + nu·w fortified place) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .