salish

/S AE1 L IH0 SH/
noun
  1. 1

    A broad ethnolinguistic indigenous group native to North America, the Salish peoples.

  2. 2

    Any of the family of languages spoken by these peoples.

  3. 3

    (dated) The Bitterroot Salish people specifically.

adjective
  1. 1

    Synonym of Salishan (โ€œof or relating to the Salish people or their languagesโ€).