Salish Definition
sālĭsh
salishan
noun
A family of Native American languages of the northwest United States and British Columbia.
American Heritage
A member of a group of North American Indian peoples of NW North America.
Webster's New World
Any of the languages of these peoples.
Webster's New World
These languages as a group; Salishan.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
An adjective referring to one of two groups of indigenous peoples peoples of the Pacific Northwest, a region spanning the northwestern United States and British Columbia.
Wiktionary
An indigenous group in Montana, the Bitterroot Salish, whose name was extended by linguists to refer to all related languages and peoples.
Wiktionary
A member of one of these groups.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Salish, their language group, or their culture.
Webster's New World
Origin of Salish
Southern Interior Salish se'lish Flatheads
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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