Definition of Chinook jargon

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

Exact synonyms: Oregon Jargon
Generic synonyms: Pidgin

Definition of Chinook jargon

1. Proper noun. A pidginized Native American language used by various tribes of the Pacific Northwest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinook Jargon

Chineselike
Chineseman
Chineseness
Chinesey
Chinggisid
Chinggisids
Chingisid
Chinglish
Chingpo
Chink
Chinkiang vinegar
Chinks
Chino-Japanese War
Chinook
Chinook Jargon
Chinookan
Chinta Valley
Chinyanja
Chiococca
Chiococca alba
Chionanthus
Chionanthus virginicus
Chionochloa conspicua
Chios
Chipewyan
Chippendale
Chippewa
Chippewaian
Chippeway

Literary usage of Chinook jargon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... on the Kooi-koo*-ke« Rim; Th» Organic L*m of Oregon Territory , Tablet of about 300 word* of the chinook jargon, and about 900 Words of the Nei Perce ..."

2. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"THE CHINOOK FAMILY—GRAMMAR OF THE CHINOOK LANGUAGE—AZTEC AFFINITIES—TUB CHINOOK JARGON. RETURNED from the south, whither we were led by the Apache branch of ..."

3. Nuttall's Journal of Travels Into the Arkansa Territory October 2, 1818 by Thomas Nuttall, Thomas Hulme, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Lawi of Oregon Territory , Tables of about 300 word* of the chinook jargon, and about 900 Words o( the Nei Perce Language; a Description of Mount Hood; ..."

4. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"... packers — Route through the forests — Indian guide — chinook jargon — Trackless forests — Lost in the woods — The glacier streams — Camp — Great glacier ..."

5. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"chinook jargon 4174. BOAS, FRANZ. Indian legends of the North Pacific coast of North ... Legends in English from the German translation of chinook jargon, ..."

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