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chinook

Main Entry:: Chi·nook
Pronunciation:: \shə-ˈnu̇k, chə-, -ˈnük\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: 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 mouth2: a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples3often 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 Mountains4not capitalized : chinook salmon

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