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chinook

chi·nook

UK/t͡ʃɪˈnʊk/ US/t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/ rare us

noun

1.

a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

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2.

a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

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Origin

Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).

Phrases

  • Columbia Chinook
  • Lower Chinook
  • Upper Chinook

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