CHINOOK JARGON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Chinook Jargon; Oregon Jargon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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