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Definitions for 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] either of the two languages of the Chinook Indians. Compare Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook.
[3] (lowercase ) a warm, dry wind that blows at intervals down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
[4] (lowercase ) chinook salmon.
[5] a U.S. Army cargo helicopter in service since 1962 and capable of ferrying 12 tons of supplies and troops.
[6] Also called: snow eater a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
[7] Also called: wet chinook a warm moist wind blowing onto the Washington and Oregon coasts from the sea
[8] plural -nook or -nooks a Native American people of the Pacific coast near the Columbia River
[9] the language of this people, probably forming a separate branch of the Penutian phylum

Words related to Chinook

gust, air, gale, breeze, cyclone, blast, windstorm, tornado, hurricane, squall, wind, monsoon, blow, whisk, whiff, flutter, breath, flurry, draft, typhoon

Word origin for Chinook

C19: from Salish c`inuk

Synonyms for Chinook

air, blast, breeze, cyclone, gale, gust, blow, breath, draft, draught, flurry, flutter, mistral, puff, tempest, typhoon, wafting, whiff, whirlwind, whisk, zephyr