Chinook

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Chinook may refer to:

Chinook peoples[edit]

The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon and Washington State.

  • Chinookan peoples, several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
  • Chinookan languages, small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples
    • Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest
    • Lower Chinook, a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River
    • Upper Chinook language, a recently extinct language of the US Pacific Northwest

Places[edit]

United States[edit]

Washington state[edit]

Animals[edit]

Plants[edit]

  • Chinook cherry, a cross between Bing and Gil Peck cultivars
  • Chinook olives, urine-cured olives by Indigenous people of the Columbia river valley

Transport[edit]

Aircraft[edit]

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Other[edit]

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