Chinook

noun

Chi·nook shə-ˈnu̇k How to pronounce Chinook (audio)

-ˈnük

chə-

plural Chinook or Chinooks

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

: a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples

or less commonly chinook

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

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

or less commonly chinook : chinook salmon

: any of a rare breed of large, muscular dogs that were developed in New Hampshire in the early 1900s as sled and working dogs and have a yellow, reddish-yellow, or yellowish-brown coat and calm temperament

Among the dogs he [Arthur Treadwell Walden] used for breeding the Chinook were descendants of Admiral Peary's Greenland expedition huskies, along with mastiff-types.

John Nolan

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	Chinook
释义	Chinook noun Chi·nook shə-ˈnu̇k -ˈnük chə- plural Chinook or Chinooks 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 or less commonly chinook 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 or less commonly chinook : chinook salmon 5 : any of a rare breed of large, muscular dogs that were developed in New Hampshire in the early 1900s as sled and working dogs and have a yellow, reddish-yellow, or yellowish-brown coat and calm temperament Among the dogs he [Arthur Treadwell Walden] used for breeding the Chinook were descendants of Admiral Peary's Greenland expedition huskies, along with mastiff-types. John Nolan Word History Etymology Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a Chinook village First Known Use 1795, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing Chinook Chinook jargon Chinook salmon Chinook jargon Chinook salmon
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Chinook

noun

Word History

Phrases Containing Chinook