Winea type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
Also, hootchinoo.
1875–80, American; origin, originally the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island, Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alteration of Tlingit xucnu·wú literally, brown bear's fort (xú·c brown bear + nu·w fortified place)