Chinook Salmon

Fish - Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Main Photo Credit: Chinook salmon from CA, USA by sujiar, 2022. https://inaturalist.ca/observations/114062708. Licenced with CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/.
Second Photo Credit: Chinook Salmon by LJBRION, 2024. https://inaturalist.ca/photos/408950348. Licenced with CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/. Third Photo Credit: Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha by Zureks, 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_salmon#/media/File:Chinook_salmon,_Oncorhynchus_tshawytscha.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.

Dene

Term Dialect
Łuug chox Tanacross
Łùk choo Dinjii Zhuh k’yuu (Gwich'in)

English

Term Dialect
Chinook salmon Standard English
King salmon Standard English
Spring salmon Standard English

Français

Term Dialect
Saumon chinook Français canadien

Greenlandic

Term Dialect
Kapisillit ilaat Kalaallisut

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Iqalukpak North Alaskan Iñupiaq

Nuu-chah-nulth

Term Dialect
Suuhaa Barkley Sound Nuučaan̓uł
Suuḥa Barkley Sound Nuučaan̓uł
Suuḥaa Central Nuučaan̓uł, Nuučaan̓uł Fallback

Salishan

Term Dialect
Kekésu7 Secwepmectsín

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