noun — 4 senses
/ʃɪˈnʊk/ · /t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/
Etymology Borrowed from Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (“the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River”).
Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Canada, US 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.
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
/t͡ʃɪˈnʊk/
Etymology From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river).
A member of a Native American people whose traditional tribal grounds were along the lower and middle Columbia River.
Alternative letter-case form of chinook
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for chinook and Chinook.