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Chinook Pronunciation
Chinook is pronounced shi-NUUK, IPA /ˌtʃɪˈnʊk/.
shi-NUUK
US /ˌtʃɪˈnʊk/ · UK /ˈtʃɪnʊk/
Syllables: shi · NUUK (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A warm dry wind on the eastern slopes of the Rockies, and a people and salmon of the Pacific Northwest.
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Chinook in a Sentence
- A chinook took the snow off the drive in a day.
- Chinook salmon run up the Columbia in spring.
- Two Chinook helicopters landed on the field.
Common Mispronunciations of Chinook
Not CHI-nook
Dictionaries disagree about the opening, but the beat is settled: it falls on the second part.
Not shi-NOOK
The oo is the short one of book, nothing like the long one in spook.
Tip: Both shi-NUUK and chi-NUUK appear in dictionaries. The wind, the people, the salmon and the helicopter all share the name.
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