Etymology

chinook

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Today it means: The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings. Full definition →

Lower Chehalis c̓inúk
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chinook · noun1

  1. Lower Chehalis · borrowed fromc̓inúk“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”
  2. English todaychinook

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

Chinook · proper noun, noun2

  1. Lower Chehalis · borrowed fromc̓inúk
  2. English todayChinook

From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river).

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