A broad Native American ethnolinguistic group, the Salish peoples. / (dated) The Bitterroot Salish people specifically.

Synonym of Salishan; Of or relating to the Salish people or their languages.

Any of the family of languages spoken by these peoples.

A Salishan language spoken in parts of Washington and Montana.

A marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, split between British Columbia, Canada and Washington, United States. Surrounded by Washington State to the southeast, south, and southwest, the British Columbia mainland to the northeast, and Vancouver Island to the northwest; opening to the west onto the Pacific Ocean, and leading north into the Inside Passage.

The reconstructed ancestor of the Salish languages.

plural of Salish Wool Dog

(zoology) An extinct breed of white, long-haired, Spitz-type dog that was developed and bred by the Coast Salish, whose fur was used like wool.

plural of Salishanist

A linguist who specialises in studying Salishan languages.