Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun salish

2 senses of salish

Sense 1
Salish, Salishan -- (a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada)
       => Mosan -- (a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia)

Sense 2
Salish -- (a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America)
       => Indian, American Indian, Red Indian -- (a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived)