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adj
Synonym of Salishan (“of or relating to the Salish people or their languages”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Salishan
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name
Any of the family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A broad ethnolinguistic indigenous group native to North America, the Salish peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
A broad ethnolinguistic indigenous group native to North America, the Salish peoples.
The Bitterroot Salish people specifically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, plural, plural-only
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noun
a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Salishan
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Broader terms: Mosan
Narrower terms: Skagit
noun
a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
Narrower terms: Chimakum, Skagit
History
From Montana Salish séliš (“Salish”).
Across languages
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