1. (Also chinook wind) A warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter. 2. (Also chinook salmon) A large North Pacific salmon that is an important commercial food fish.
"For dinner, I'm serving mashed potatoes and grilled chinook."
"Alan paused his hike to appreciate the warm chinook flowing toward him."
"Chinook salmon spend most of their adult lives in the ocean, but return to rivers and streams to lay their eggs."
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Salish, mid-19th century
As a common noun, "chinook" refers to either a type of North Pacific salmon, or a warm wind in the Rocky Mountains that signals the end of winter. These words came about in the 19th century for these specific regional items, also called "chinook salmon" and "chinook wind," respectively, but both owe their names to Indigenous languages. ...
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