Definition of Salishan

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

Exact synonyms: Salish
Generic synonyms: Mosan
Specialized synonyms: Skagit

Definition of Salishan

1. Adjective. Of or like any of the Salish peoples or their languages. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salishan

Salina
Salinan
Salinans
Salinas
Salinastroika
Salinem fever
Salinem infection
Salinger
Salingerian
Salique
Salisbury
Salisbury common cold viruses
Salisbury steak
Salisbury steaks
Salish
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
Salix fragilis

Literary usage of Salishan

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

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Eastern Vancouver Island was also inhabited by salishan tribes, while the greater part of ... On the northeast salishan territory extended to about lat. ..."

2. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"In a comprehensive yet correct sense, the Flatheads are the great salishan family, of which Powell names no fewer than 64 principal tribes. ..."

3. A Gazetteer of Ethnology by Akira Matsumura (1908)
"... a subdivision of the Sail- salishan /> — J^0 shan. ... a subdivision of the salishan /> — J$c0 - tt salishan. Stickeen, a subdivision of the ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"There are a few loan-words from salishan dialects. The Lower Kutenai are more primitive and nomadic, less under the influence of the Catholic church, ..."

5. Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas by A. J. Splawn (1917)
"Kettle Falls was one of the noted fisheries of the salishan tribes of the Northwest. It was here in 1846 that the Catholic mission of St. Paul was ..."

6. Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (including the Chinook Jargon) by James Constantine Pilling (1893)
"Beginning on thenorth side of Shoalwater Bay, salishan tribes held the entire northwestern part of Washington, including the whole of the Puget Sound region ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Eastern Vancouver Island was also inhabited by salishan tribes, while the greater part of ... On the northeast salishan territory extended to about lat. ..."

8. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"In a comprehensive yet correct sense, the Flatheads are the great salishan family, of which Powell names no fewer than 64 principal tribes. ..."

9. A Gazetteer of Ethnology by Akira Matsumura (1908)
"... a subdivision of the Sail- salishan /> — J^0 shan. ... a subdivision of the salishan /> — J$c0 - tt salishan. Stickeen, a subdivision of the ..."

10. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"There are a few loan-words from salishan dialects. The Lower Kutenai are more primitive and nomadic, less under the influence of the Catholic church, ..."

11. Ka-mi-akin, the Last Hero of the Yakimas by A. J. Splawn (1917)
"Kettle Falls was one of the noted fisheries of the salishan tribes of the Northwest. It was here in 1846 that the Catholic mission of St. Paul was ..."

12. Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (including the Chinook Jargon) by James Constantine Pilling (1893)
"Beginning on thenorth side of Shoalwater Bay, salishan tribes held the entire northwestern part of Washington, including the whole of the Puget Sound region ..."

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