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SALISHAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Salishan mean?
• SALISHAN (noun)
The noun SALISHAN has 1 sense:
1. a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada
Familiarity information: SALISHAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Salish; Salishan
Hypernyms ("Salishan" is a kind of...):
Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Salishan"):
Skagit (a Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit)
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