Definitions for Salishan

Salishan Sa·lish·an

Spelling: [sey-lish-uh n, sal-ish-]
IPA: /ˈseɪ lɪʃ ən, ˈsæl ɪʃ-/

Salishan is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in Salishan (aahilnss).

Definitions for Salishan

noun

  1. a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of this language family or its speakers.

Origin of Salishan

First recorded in 1885-90; Salish + -an

Examples for Salishan

The tribe here referred to belonged to the Salishan stock; see Franchre's Narrative, in our volume vi, p. 340, note 145.

Of the above tribes the Okinagan are now known to be Salishan.

Of the Bellacoola (Salishan family) and Haeltzuk, of the present family, there are 2,500 who are not under agents.

Billechola belongs under Salishan, a family name of Gallatins of 1836.

He printed a Salishan grammar , and prepared a Salishan-English dictionary.

This may also be said of some of the Salishan tribes, though others of the same stock have complicated systems.

The Cowlitz were a numerous and powerful tribe of Salishan stock, in the valley of the river of that name.

Upon the southeast Salishan tribes extended into Montana, including the upper drainage of the Columbia.

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