Definition of Chinookan

1. Noun. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook.

Exact synonyms: Chinook
Generic synonyms: Penutian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinookan

Chineseman
Chineseness
Chinesey
Chinggisid
Chinggisids
Chingisid
Chinglish
Chingpo
Chink
Chinkiang vinegar
Chinks
Chino-Japanese War
Chinook
Chinook Jargon
Chinookan (current term)
Chinta Valley
Chinyanja
Chiococca
Chiococca alba
Chionanthus
Chionanthus virginicus
Chionochloa conspicua
Chios
Chipewyan
Chippendale
Chippewa
Chippewaian
Chippeway
Chippeways

Literary usage of Chinookan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A Chinookan tribe formerly occupying several villages on Clackamas г., ... A Chinookan tribe living in a single village of 7 houses near the foot of the ..."

2. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"WASKO (Chinookan stock).—Synonyms: Dalles Indians ... the opposite bank, are the easternmost extension of the Chinookan stock, and speak the same language. ..."

3. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"... on the codex-map) were a small body of Chinookan stock, speaking the ... were another Chinookan tribe located as stated in the text. ..."

4. Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico by John Wesley Powell (1891)
"Chinookan FAMILY. >Chinooks, Gallatin in Trans, and Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc., 11. 134, 306,1836 (a single tribe at mouth of Columbia). ..."

5. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A Chinookan tribe formerly living on the s. side of Columbia r. , in the neighborhood of The Dalles, in Wasco co. , Oreg. This tribe, with the Wishram (also ..."

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