chi|nook

chi|nook
Chi|nook «chuh NOOK, -NUK», noun, plural -nook or -nooks.
1. a member of a group of American Indian tribes living along the Columbia River in the northwestern United States, including the Lower Chinook and several extinct tribes classed as Upper Chinook.
2. the language of these Indians.
3. = Chinook jargon. (Cf. ↑Chinook jargon)
╂[American English < Salishan Tsinúk]
chi|nook «chuh NOOK, -NUK», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a warm, moist wind blowing from the sea to land in winter and spring in the northwestern United States.
2. a warm, dry wind that comes down the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, especially in Montana and Wyoming.
3. = chinook salmon. (Cf. ↑chinook salmon)
–adj.
of or resembling the type of weather which follows a chinook: »

the chinook season, chinook days.

╂[< Chinook]

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  • Chi|nook — «chuh NOOK, NUK», noun, plural nook or nooks. 1. a member of a group of American Indian tribes living along the Columbia River in the northwestern United States, including the Lower Chinook and several extinct tribes classed as Upper Chinook. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chi|nook|an — «chuh NOO kuhn, NUK uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. denoting or having to do with an American Indian linguistic family of the northwestern United States. –n. an Indian speaking a language of this family; Chinook …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Chinook — Chi•nook [[t]ʃɪˈnʊk, ˈnuk, tʃɪ [/t]] n. pl. nooks, (esp. collectively) nook. 1) peo a) a member of an American Indian people aboriginally inhabiting the N shore of the mouth of the Columbia River b) a member of any of a group of peoples including …   From formal English to slang

  • Chinook — Chi|nook 〈[tʃınu:k] m. 6〉 1. 〈Meteor.〉 1.1 warmer, trockener Wind auf der Ostseite der Rocky Mountains 1.2 warmer, feuchter Südwestwind an der Küste im Nordwesten der USA 2. 〈Völkerk.〉 ausgestorbenes nordamerikan. Indianervolk 3. 〈Sprachw.〉 fast… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Chinook — Chi|nook 〈[tʃınụk] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. warmer, trockener Wind auf der Ostseite der Rocky Mountains 2. warmer, feuchter Südwestwind an der Küste im Nordwesten der USA [Etym.: nordamerikan. Indianerspr.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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