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hoochinoo

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ho̅o̅′chə no̅o̅′, ho̅o̅′chə no̅o̅′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hoo•chi•noo  (ho̅o̅′chə no̅o̅′, ho̅o̅′chə no̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -noos. 
  1. Winea type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
Also, hootchinoo. 
  • 1875–80, American; origin, originally the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island, Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alteration of Tlingit xucnu·wú literally, brown bear's fort (xú·c brown bear + nu·w fortified place)

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