Chinookan

[shi-noo k-uh n, -noo-kuh n, chi-]

noun

a language family comprising only Lower Chinook and Upper Chinook.

adjective

of or relating to the Chinooks or to Chinookan.

Origin of Chinookan

First recorded in 1885–90; Chinook + -an

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The Chinookan linguistic family includes a number of separate tribes.
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