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Antonyms for chinook

Grammar : Noun
Spell : shi-noo k, -nook, chi-
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɪˈnʊk, -ˈnuk, tʃɪ-

Definition of chinook

Origin :
  • name for a group of related native people in the Columbia River region of Washington and Oregon, from Salishan /činuk/, name of a village site. Name also extended to a type of salmon (1851) and warm spring wind. Chinook jargon was a mishmash of native (Chinook and Nootka), French, and English words; it once was lingua franca in the Pacific Northwest, and it is the earliest attested use of the word (1840).
  • As in wind : noun air currents
  • As in gale : noun violent storm
Example sentences :
  • Chinook is a combination of English, French and Indian words.
  • Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
  • Need I add that tum-tum in the Chinook jargon signifies the soul!
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • His Chinook jargon was published by the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • The girl said something to the officer in the Chinook language.
  • Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
  • Was she to become another of those that the first chinook uncovered?
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart
  • One of the lads could talk a little Chinook mixed with English.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
  • When I asked in Chinook, "How far is it to feed for our horses?"
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
  • A large sea-canoe, manned by Chinook paddlers, was floating at the beach.
  • Extract from : « The Bridge of the Gods » by Frederic Homer Balch
  • Breed visited Peg's home ridge during the height of the chinook.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Horde » by Hal G. Evarts
  • The last was the name of his own ranch, and in the Chinook jargon signified an eagle.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

Synonyms for chinook

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