Chinook
noun
Chi·nook
| \ shə-ˈnu̇k
, chə-, -ˈnük
\
, chə-, -ˈnük
\
plural Chinook
or Chinooks
Definition of Chinook
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth
2
: a Chinookan language of the Chinook and other nearby peoples
3 or less commonly chinook
a
: a warm moist southwest wind of the coast from Oregon northward
b
: a warm dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
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