Chinookan

Chinookan
noun
a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
Syn: ↑Chinook
Hypernyms: ↑Penutian

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I. \\-ən\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to Chinook or a Chinook or to Chinookan
II. noun or chinook (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
: a language family of the Penutian phylum in Washington and Oregon comprising Lower Chinook and Upper Chinook

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/shi nook"euhn, -nooh"keuhn, chi-/, n.
1. a language family comprising only Lower Chinook and Upper Chinook.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Chinooks or to Chinookan.
[1885-90; CHINOOK + -AN]

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