salish

Definition of Salish in English :

1. salish, salishan

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

2. salish

a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Salish

noun

1.

a family of North American languages spoken in the northwestern US and W Canada

2. the Salish

noun

1. Word forms: plural ˈSalish

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples of NW North America

2.

a.

any of the languages of these peoples

b.

these languages as a group; Salishan

adjective

3.

of the Salish, their language group, or their culture

n. pl. Salish also Salishan or Sa·lish·ans

1. A family of Native American languages of the northwest United States and British Columbia.

2. The group of Native American peoples speaking languages of the Salish family.

3. The Flathead people.