salishan
121kalispel — |kalə|spel noun (plural kalispel or kalispels) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Kalispel, literally, camas 1. a. : a Salishan people of northern Idaho and northwestern Montana …
122puyallup — pyüˈaləp noun (plural puyallup or puyallups) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Salishan people of the east coast of Puget Sound and Vashon Island, Washington b. : a member of such people …
123suquamish — səˈkwämish, ˈskw , wȯm noun (plural suquamish or suquamishes) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Salishan people of the area directly west of Puget Sound, Washington b. : a member of such people …
124Sa|lish — «SAY lihsh», noun. a Salishan Indian. ╂[American English < Salishan sälst people] …
125Sha|hap|ti|an — «shah HAP tee uhn», adjective, noun, plural ans or an. –adj. of or having to do with an American Indian linguistic family that includes the language of the Nez Percés. –n. 1. an Indian of this linguistic family. Shahaptians lived in the northern… …
126Chinook — noun (plural Chinook or Chinooks) Etymology: Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a Chinook village Date: 1795 1. a member of an American Indian people of the north shore of the Columbia River at its mouth 2 …
127coho — noun (plural cohos or coho) Etymology: Halkomelem (Salishan language of southwest British Columbia) k̓wəxwəθ Date: 1869 a rather small Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that has light colored flesh and is native to both coasts of the North… …
128geoduck — noun Etymology: Lushootseed (Salishan language of the Puget Sound region) gwídəq Date: 1883 a large edible clam (Panopea abrupta syn. P. generosa) of the Pacific coast that usually weighs two to three pounds (about one kilogram) but may attain a… …
