"chinook" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɪˈnʊk/, /t͡ʃɪˈnuːk/ Forms: chinooks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊk, -uːk Etymology: From Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cea|c̓inúk|pos=the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River}} Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia River) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinook (plural chinooks)
  1. (Canada, US, 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. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Wind Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Translations (the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains): chinook-tuuli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chinook-en-noun-whuhBfau Disambiguation of Wind: 74 26 Disambiguation of Salmonids: 57 43 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains': 87 13
  2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Translations (king salmon): kuningaslohi (Finnish), Königslachs [masculine] (German), salmão-real [masculine] (Portuguese), salmão-rei [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-chinook-en-noun-YoRQN8iA Disambiguation of 'king salmon': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: foehn

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