SALISHAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salishan mean? 

• SALISHAN (noun)
  The noun SALISHAN has 1 sense:

1. a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

  Familiarity information: SALISHAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALISHAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Salish; Salishan

Hypernyms ("Salishan" is a kind of...):

Mosan (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Salishan"):

Skagit (a Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit)