CHINOOK JARGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinook Jargon mean? 

• CHINOOK JARGON (noun)
  The noun CHINOOK JARGON has 1 sense:

1. a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America

  Familiarity information: CHINOOK JARGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINOOK JARGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Chinook Jargon; Oregon Jargon

Hypernyms ("Chinook Jargon" is a kind of...):

pidgin (an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages)