- Look up
chinook or
Chinook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Chinook may
refer to: The name
derives from a
settlement of
Indigenous people in Oregon...
- The
Chinook salmon /ʃɪˈnʊk/ (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the
largest and most
valuable species of
Pacific salmon. Its
common name is
derived from the...
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Chinook is a
breed of sled dog,
developed in the
state of New
Hampshire during the
early 20th century. The
Chinook is New Hampshire's
official state dog...
- The
Chinook is a heavy-lift
helicopter that is
among the
heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name,
Chinook, is from the
Native American Chinook people...
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Chinook P**** (elevation 5430 ft./1656 m.) is a p****
through the
Cascade Range in the
state of Washington. The p**** is
located on the
crest of the Cascade...
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Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or
Chinook Wawa, also
known simply as
Chinook or Jargon) is a
language originating as a
pidgin trade language in the Pacific...
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Chinook winds, or
simply Chinooks, are two
types of
prevailing warm,
generally westerly winds in
western North America:
Coastal Chinooks and
interior Chinooks...
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Expedition encountered the
Chinook Tribe on the
lower Columbia. The term "
Chinook" also has a
wider meaning in
reference to the
Chinook Jargon,
which is based...
- On 2 June 1994, a
Chinook helicopter of the
Royal Air
Force (RAF),
serial number ZD576,
crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, in
foggy conditions...
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United States Army's
Boeing CH-47
Chinook, the RAF
Chinook fleet is the
largest outside the
United States. RAF
Chinooks have seen
extensive service in the...
