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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KINNIKINNICK

From Algonquian, literally: that which is mixed; related to Natick kinukkinuk mixture.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KINNIKINNICK

kinnikinnick  [ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KINNIKINNICK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kinnikinnick is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KINNIKINNICK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kinnikinnick

Kinnikinnick is a Native American smoking product, typically made of mixture of various leaves or barks with other plant materials.

Definition of kinnikinnick in the English dictionary

The definition of kinnikinnick in the dictionary is the dried leaves and bark of certain plants, sometimes with tobacco added, formerly smoked by some North American Indians. Other definition of kinnikinnick is any of the plants used for such a preparation, such as the sumach Rhus glabra.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KINNIKINNICK


chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
clinic
ˈklɪnɪk
Dominic
ˈdɒmɪnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
ethnic
ˈɛθnɪk
Hispanic
hɪˈspænɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
Iznik
ɪzˈnɪk
killikinick
ˌkɪlɪkɪˈnɪk
kinnikinic
ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk
kinnikinick
ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk
mechanic
mɪˈkænɪk
Munich
ˈmjuːnɪk
nick
nɪk
organic
ɔːˈɡænɪk
panic
ˈpænɪk
picnic
ˈpɪknɪk
scenic
ˈsiːnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
titanic
taɪˈtænɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KINNIKINNICK

kinkiest
kinkily
kinkiness
kinkle
kinky
kinky boots
kinless
Kinneret
kinnikinic
kinnikinick
Kinnock
kino
kino gum
kinone
Kinross-shire
Kinsey
kinsfolk
Kinshasa
kinship
kinsman

WORDS THAT END LIKE KINNIKINNICK

brick
chick
click
dick
do the trick
dominick
dornick
Herrick
in good nick
kick
minnick
Patrick
pick
quick
Selznick
sick
snick
stick
thick
trick

Synonyms and antonyms of kinnikinnick in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kinnikinnick» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KINNIKINNICK

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Translator English - Chinese

kinnikinnick
1,325 millions of speakers

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kinnikinnick
570 millions of speakers

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kinnikinnick
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kinnikinnick
380 millions of speakers
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kinnikinnick
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

kinnikinnick
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kinnikinnick
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kinnikinnick
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kinnikinnick
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kinnikinnick
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kinnikinnick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kinnikinnick
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kinnikinnick
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kinnikinnick
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kinnikinnick
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kinnikinnick
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किन्निकिनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kinnikinnick
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kinnikinnick
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kinnikinnick
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

kinnikinnick
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kinnikinnick
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

KINNIKINNICK
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kinnikinnick
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Kinnikinnick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kinnikinnick
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kinnikinnick

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KINNIKINNICK»

The term «kinnikinnick» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.458 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KINNIKINNICK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kinnikinnick

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KINNIKINNICK»

Discover the use of kinnikinnick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kinnikinnick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples
Kinnikinnick A"W"7estern hunters called it larb. Canadian traders called it sacacommis Wor sagack-homi. Europeans called it bearberry. Nowadays Americans — Indians and non-Indians — call it kinnikinnick, a word borrowed from the ...
Jeff Hart, 1996
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Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples
Other Name: Bearberry. Botanical Description A low, trailing, evergreen shrub, Kinnikinnick forms dense mats, 5 to 15 cm tall. The bark is reddish and scaly. The leaves are thick, oblong, rounded and tapered at the base, 15 to 30 mm long, with ...
Nancy J. Turner, 1995
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West
Kinnikinnick Heath Family Arctostaphylos species Ericaceae The Arctostaphylos genus may be divided into two categories of evergreen shrubs: small, mat- forming, densely branched groundcovers with woody, trailing stems ( Arctostaphylos ...
Gregory L. Tilford, 1997
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Ethnobotany of Western Washington
Kinnikinnick. Chehulis kaya'nl Klallam kinnikinnick Makah kwlca' Skokomish sklewat Squaxin s'qaya'dats Food. While the Chehalis say the berries are too seedy and have no taste, the Squaxin occasionally eat them. The Lower Chinook use ...
Erna Gunther, 1973
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Tracks that Speak: The Legacy of Native American Words in ...
Participants sometimes smoke kinnikinnick, as Catlin had. Its Algon- quian name means "item for mixing in." Dried leaves and bark of various plants, and sometimes tobacco itself, go into this blend. Some Indians smoke kinnikinnick as a ...
Charles L. Cutler, 2002
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Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest ...
Larvae crawl in "looping" manner. See 79. Galls or swellings on roots. Root knot nematode, Meloidogyne sp. Tiny root-feeding roundworms. See 345 MANZANITA (Arctostaphylos spp .), Bearberry, Kinnikinnick Leaves discolor, stunt, wilt, ...
Steve H. Dreistadt, Mary Louise Flint, 2004
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Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Photos, Descriptions, and Early ...
The urn-shaped waxy pink flowers Kinnikinnick has shiny of kinnikinnick. leathery leaves. (6 mm) long. Its fruit is a bright red, smoorh berry about the size of a pea. Its tough skin encloses a mealy pulp and a few seeds. HABITAT: On dry slopes ...
‎2003
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An Archaeology of the Soul: North American Indian Belief and ...
Figure 19.1 Venn diagrams illustrating the role of intersecting mental associations in the processes of inference and innovation: a, the inference that ' red willow' bark kinnikinnick was a by-product of arrow manufacture; b, the innovation of the ...
Robert L. Hall, 1997
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Coastal Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest: Wildflowers ...
Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Also called bearberry, kinnikinnick is a prostrate plant, rarely growing more than 6 inches in height. Its creeping nature sometimes allows it to cover large areas of sand or dry banks. It has shiny green,  ...
Elizabeth L. Horn, 1993
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Uses of Plants by the Hidatsa of the Northern Plains
HIDATSANAME:opi ihaca (tobacco mixed or mixture) LOCAL ENGLISH NAME: kinnikinnick (redosier dogwood) BOTANICAL NAME: (Cornus sericea L.) Kinnikinnick is a name used for several plants or mixtures of plants. Redosier is one of ...
Gilbert Livingston Wilson, Michael Scullin, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KINNIKINNICK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kinnikinnick is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dispatch: Arrests; Bullet hole found in shop; Woman found dead at …
A woman looking out of her home's window on Kinnikinnick Drive saw two juveniles on bicycles stop in front of a house at 6:22 a.m., dump their ... «County 10, Jul 15»
2
Crews contain Old Sechelt Mine fire - Coast Reporter
On top of that there are support crews, like Allan Langner and Bernie Franke, who run the kitchen trailer in Kinnikinnick Park, where the ... «Coast Reporter, Jul 15»
3
Sechelt fire grows to 300 hectares, claims life of Roberts Creek logger
District of Sechelt council Wednesday night approved an occupancy agreement for the Kinnikinnick sports field to be used as an incident ... «Coast Reporter, Jul 15»
4
Major fires prompt Port Ed evacuations, Rupert landmark destroyed
RCMP told campers at the nearby Kinnikinnick Campground and RV Park and all of Evergreen Drive to evacuate their residences. By 9 p.m. ... «Prince Rupert Northern View, Jul 15»
5
Port Edward brush fire breaks out
The site at the northwestern base of Mount Stewart, forced the evacuation of Kinnikinnick Campground and RV Park and all of Evergreen Drive, ... «Prince Rupert Northern View, Jul 15»
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Sechelt fire grows, residents put on evacuation alert
Acting Sechelt fire Chief Trevor Pike noted ash and embers have been spotted falling in Kinnikinnick Park, kilometres from the blaze, and said ... «Coast Reporter, Jul 15»
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One-Tank Road Trips Roughing it in comfort down on the farm
Kinnikinnick Farm, a working farm that grows organic vegetables and raises sheep, goats, hogs and chickens. The farm has five large, upscale ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»
8
Summer music in Gibsons and Sechelt
Cathy McCubbin, principal of Kinnikinnick Elementary, also welcomed the author to read. The students from kindergarten to Grade 3 were ... «Coast Reporter, Jul 15»
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Students open ice cream restaurant
Kindergarten and Grade 1 students at Kinnikinnick Elementary took their ... Lamarche's and Ms. Pedersen's classes at Kinnikinnick Elementary ... «Coast Reporter, Jun 15»
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Fight against moss, dandelions goes on
Three weeks of no mowing allowed an impressive array of greenery including kinnikinnick and thimbleberries to overrun every unoccupied ... «Terrace Standard, Jun 15»

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