Chinook Definition & Meaning

chinook
noun
  1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
  2. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
  3. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
  4. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
  5. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

"Chinook" in song lyrics

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