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chinook-tuuli — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chinook noun A warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, quickly raising the temperature.

Senses

chinook-tuuli is used for these senses in English:

  • chinook (Canada, United States, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.

chinook — full definition

  1. noun A warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, quickly raising the temperature.
  2. noun A large species of Pacific salmon.

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