Salish

  1. Proper noun.  an indigenous group in Montana, the Bitterroot Salish, whose name was extended by linguists to refer to all related languages and peoples.
  2. Proper noun.  an adjective referring to one of two groups of indigenous peoples peoples of the Pacific Northwest, a region spanning the northwestern United States and British Columbia.
  3. Proper noun.  a member of one of these groups.
  4. Proper noun.  the family of languages of these people, which is subdivided into Coast Salish and Interior Salish.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.