Chinook

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Chinook may refer to:

People

• Chinookan peoples, various groups of Native Americans
• Chinookan languages, in specific, Coastal Chinook and Upper Chinook

Aircraft

• Air-Sport Chinook, a Polish paraglider design
• Birdman Chinook, an ultralight aircraft
• Boeing CH-47 Chinook, a helicopter
  • Boeing Chinook (UK variants) or the RAF Chinook and US Air Force
• Hermanspann Chinook, a research glider
• Meadowcroft Chinook, a homebuilt aircraft
• Wings of Change Chinhook Bi, an Austrian paraglider design

Vessels

• MV Chinook, a passenger ferry in Washington State built in 1998
• USS Chinook (PC-9), a U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship
• M/T Overseas Chinook, a U.S. Jones Act Shuttle Tanker

Places

• Chinook, Alberta A small community located in Eastern Alberta on Highway 9.
• Chinook, Montana
• Chinook, Washington, a census-designated place in Pacific County, Washington, United States
• Chinook Pass over the Cascades in Washington State
• Chinook Scenic Byway, an ocean over the rainbow
• Chinook oilfield, a former name of Peregrino oilfield

Other uses

• Chinook (dog), a dog breed
• Chinook (draughts player), an artificial intelligence computer program that plays draughts (checkers)
• Chinook (newspaper), a late 20th Century underground newspaper in Denver, Colorado
• Chinook Jargon, a hybrid of Chinookan, Nootka, Chehalis, French, English and other languages
• Chinook salmon, a type of fish
• Chinook Sciences company specialising in waste reclamation
• Chinook wind, a wind observed in the Pacific Northwest and western interior of North America
• Chinook Wines, a Washington winery
• Chinook, a variety of hops
• Chinook, a Beanie Baby exclusive to Canada made by Ty, Inc. in 2000
• The Chinook, an early 20th Century newspaper in Vancouver, British Columbia, published by George Murray
• Lakeshore Chinooks, a Wisconsin baseball team

See also

• Chinook Park, Calgary, a neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Chinook Centre, a shopping mall in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• List of Chinook jargon placenames