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Chinook jargon Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -gon

Chinook jargon has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a pidgin incorporating Chinook and French and English words; formerly used as a lingua franca in northwestern North America

Proper Noun
1

A pidginized Native American language used by various tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pidgin
Rhyming Words
gon agon egon nigon aegon bigon logon ergon argon vogon dagon angon cogon bogon tigon digon dogon wagon zygon isogon
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