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Definition of Salish

1. Noun. A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada.

2. Noun. A member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America.

Definition of Salish

1. Proper noun. an indigenous group in Montana, the Bitterroot Salish, whose name was extended by linguists to refer to all related languages and peoples ¹

2. Proper noun. an adjective referring to one of two groups of indigenous peoples peoples of the Pacific Northwest, a region spanning the northwestern United States and British Columbia ¹

3. Proper noun. a member of one of these groups ¹

4. Proper noun. the family of languages of these people, which is subdivided into Coast Salish and Interior Salish ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salish

Salim Salina Salinan Salinans Salinas Salinastroika Salinem fever Salinem infection Salinger Salingerian

Salique Salisbury Salisbury common cold viruses Salisbury steak Salisbury steaks Salish (current term) Salishan Salix alba Salix alba caerulea Salix alba sericea

Salix alba vitellina Salix amygdalina Salix amygdaloides Salix arctica Salix babylonica Salix blanda Salix candida Salix caprea Salix cinerea Salix discolor

Literary usage of Salish

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

1. Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (including the Chinook Jargon) by James Constantine Pilling (1893)
"Classification: Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salisb Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish Salish ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"... are a summary of the writer's studies of this division of the Salish of British Columbia. They treat to some extent of the ethnography, archaeology, ..."

3. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"Salish BASKETRY. 48. This is made by a Mono, and she herself explained that it was in imitation of the fences of the white man. (f) DESIGNS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN ..."

4. Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1903)
"Among the designs of the Salish Stock (The Thompson Indians) is one exactly the counterpart of Fig. 292 (except for the inverted pyramid). ..."

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