chinook

See also: Chinook

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lower Chehalis c̓inúk (the name of a Chinook village on the Columbia river)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈnʊk/, /tʃɪˈnuːk/

Noun

chinook (plural chinooks)

1. (Canada, 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.
2. The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Translations

the descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.

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king salmon

• German: Königslachs m
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See also

• foehn

References

Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents.