chinook
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Noun
- {{lb|en|Canada|United States|[[physics]]|[[meteorology]]}} 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]] ({{taxfmt|Oncorhynchus tshawytscha|species}}).
Proper noun
- A [[Native American]] language of the [[Penutian]] family of Oregon and Washington.
- [[Chinook Jargon]], a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest composed primarily of words from Chinook proper, English, and French, with some borrowings from other languages.
- {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Blaine County|s/Montana|c/USA}}.
- The {{w|Boeing CH-47 Chinook}} helicopter.
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