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Chi⋅nook⋅an

[shi-nook-uhn, -noo-kuhn, chi-]
–noun
1. a language family comprising only Lower Chinook and Upper Chinook.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Chinooks or to Chinookan.

Origin:
1885–90; Chinook + -an
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Chi·nook·an   (shĭ-nŏŏk'ən, chĭ-)   
n.  A North American Indian language family of Washington and Oregon.
Chi·nook'an adj.
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