Chinook - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |tʃɪˈnuːk|  American pronunciation of the word chinook
Brit.  |tʃɪˈnuːk|  British pronunciation of the word chinook

noun

- a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- 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
- pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
- a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
- large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
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