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• The Chinookan nation of Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, which inhabited the lower Columbia River valley in what is now Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Chinook comprise the Clatsop, Cathlamet, Multnomah, Watlala, Clowwewalla, Clackamas, Chilluckittequa and Wasco tribes

• Coastal Chinook and Upper Chinook are extinct languages spoken by Chinook peoples. The Chinook Jargon is a form of that language, technically known as a pidgin or contact language, which evolved to allow the inhabitants of the Columbia River region to discuss business. This jargon was adopted by various newcomers (e.g., Chinese immigrants), who used it throughout the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, and contributed a number of words to local Canadian English and American English dialects (e.g. snookum, high muckimuck).

• The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is Alaska's state fish and is native to the Pacific coasts of North America and Northeast Asia.

• Chinook winds are warm, dry, usually irregularly occurring katabatic winds, similar to Alpine foehn windA foehn wind occurs when a deep layer of prevailing wind is forced over a mountain range. As the wind moves upslope, it expands and cools, causing water vapor to precipitate out. This dehydrated air then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope.s, that come down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains into the plains of North America. The air has been stripped of its moisture due to precipitation, releasing heatWhen a gas changes into a liquid it releases energy as heat. In the case of water forming as precipitation, rain or snow, the heat warms the ambient atmosphere. Different substances release different amounts of heat when they condense, benzene, for exampl as it rises and cools, then has been warmed by increasing density as it descends. The wind is named after the Chinook people. See Effects of Chinooks on weather ecology and agriculture in Alberta, Canada.

• The CH-47 ChinookThe CH-47 Chinook is a highly versatile, twin engine, twin rotor heavy-lift helicopter. The contra-rotating rotors eliminate the need for a rear vertical rotor, allowing all power to be used for vertical lift and provide a speed of 173 mph (150 knots, 278 helicopter is used by a number of military forces, including the United States ArmyThe Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. As of fiscal year 2002 (FY02), it consisted of 480,000 soldiers on active duty and 555,000 in reserve (350,000 in Army National G and the Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF is the air force of the United Kingdom. History Formation and Early History The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912 superseding the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Na

• Chinook College is a college in Calgary, AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's provinces. Its capital is the city of Edmonton. Other cities and towns include Banff, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. See also: List of communities in Alberta. As of 2004, the population of the province was 3,183.

• Chinook is a computer program that plays checkers (draughts)This article deals with the game of checkers. Checkers is also the name of a Cocker Spaniel after whom Richard Nixon's renowned Checkers speech was named. Checkers is also the name of an American fast-food restaurant chain; see Checkers Drive-In. This art, developed at the University of Alberta. It was declared the Man-Machine World Champion in checkers in 1994.

• Chinook (dog) is a breed of dog, bred to be a sled dog.