lower chinook — noun Usage: usually capitalized L&C : a Chinookan language of the Clatsop and Chinook peoples * * * /loh euhr/ an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary … Useful english dictionary
Lower Chinook — /loh euhr/ an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary. * * * … Universalium
Chinook — [shə nook′, shəno͞ok′; chənook′, chə no͞ok′] n. pl. Chinooks or Chinook [< tsi núk, a Salish name for the Chinook tribe] 1. a member of a North American Indian people of the Columbia River valley and adjacent regions 2. either of two languages … English World dictionary
Chinook Jargon — Chinook′ Jar′gon n. peo a pidgin based largely on Nootka, Lower Chinook, French, and English, once widely used as a lingua franca from Alaska to Oregon • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
Chinook (Volk) — Traditionelles Stammesgebiet der Chinook und heutige Reservationen im Nordwesten der USA (orange) Chinook bezeichnet einerseits eine Gruppe von Indianerstämmen in den nordwestlichen USA, genauer im Bundesstaat Washington, andererseits in einem… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chinook — /shi nook , noohk , chi /, n., pl. Chinooks, (esp. collectively) Chinook. 1. a member of a formerly numerous North American Indian people originally inhabiting the northern shore of the mouth of the Columbia River and the adjacent territory. 2.… … Universalium
Lower Chehalis — Wohngebiet Traditionelles Stammesgebiet der Chehalis und heutige Reservationen im Nordwesten der USA (orange). Systematik Kultur … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chinook — /tʃəˈnʊk/ (say chuh nook) noun 1. either of two northern Native American peoples of the Columbia River, the Lower Chinook and the Upper Chinook. 2. (plural Chinook or Chinooks) a member of these peoples. 3. Also, Chinookan. a northern Native… …
Chinook Jargon — a pidgin based largely on Nootka, Lower Chinook, French, and English, once widely used as a lingua franca from Alaska to Oregon. [1830 40] * * * ▪ language also called Tsinuk Wawa pidgin, presently extinct, formerly used as a trade… … Universalium
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
