Meanings
- A pidginized Native American language used by various tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
Synonyms: Chinook Pidgin, Chinook Wawa, Oregon Jargon
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA pidginized Native American language used by various tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
Chinook Jargon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinook%20Jargon
“Chinook Jargon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinook%20Jargon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinook Jargon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinook%20Jargon.
Source: Chinook Jargon on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.