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| Placename | Meaning | County or region | State/province | Type | USGS Quad or NTS topo | Latitude | Longitude | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pill Point | "red" | Barclay Sound | BC | cape | 92C/14 | 48°58′0″N | 125°5′0″W | may be of English origin, but possibly Chinook |
| Pillchuck Creek | "red water" | Squamish River | BC | stream | 92G/14 | 49°52′0″N | 123°14′0″W | |
| Pillman Creek | "red man" | Atlin Lake | BC | stream | 104N/5 | 59°17′0″N | 133°48′0″W | may be an English surname, but possibly Chinook |
| Pilchuck | "red water" | Snohomish | WA | town/city | McMurray | 48.266°N | 122.165°W | |
| Pilchuck | " | Snohomish | WA | town/city | Granite Falls | 48.019°N | 121.913°W | |
| Pilchuck Bridge Campground | " | Skagit | WA | locale | McMurray | 48.321°N | 122.141°W | |
| Pilchuck Creek | " | Clallam | WA | stream | Ozette | 48.246°N | 124.626°W | |
| Pilchuck Creek | " | Snohomish | WA | stream | Arlington West | 48.209°N | 122.224°W | |
| Pilchuck River | " | Snohomish | WA | stream | Snohomish | 47.904°N | 122.090°W | |
| Pilchuck River Dam | " | Snohomish | WA | dam | Granite Falls | 48.018°N | 121.905°W | |
| Pilchuck, Mount | "red water" | Snohomish | WA | summit | Verlot | 48.058°N | 121.796°W | |
| Pilldolla Creek | "red dollar", "gold dollar" | Skwawka River, Jervis Inlet |
BC | stream | 92K/8 | 50°17′0″N | 124°2′0″W | "Pil" in this context probably refers to gold, rather than the colour red; context may be "blood money" |
| Pillpill Mountain | "blood" | Murtle Lake, Shuswap Highland |
BC | stream | 104N/5 | 52°7′57″N | 119°54′50″W | doubling pil ("red") means "blood"; Kilpill Mountain is to south (q.v.) |
| Piluk Glacier | "red here/this" | Stave River, Garibaldi Ranges |
BC | glacier | 92G/10 | 49°40′42″N | 122°32′6″W | maybe of Halqemeylem origin, but possibly Chinook |
| Piluk Peak | "red here/this" | Stave River, Garibaldi Ranges |
BC | summit | 92G/10 | 49°40′0″N | 122°34′0″W | maybe of Halqemeylem origin, but possibly Chinook; -uk ending may mean "people", as in Halqemeylem |
| Pish Dam | "fish" | Glacier | MT | dam | Rocky Buttes | 48.833°N | 112.562°W | |
| Pish River | " | Northwest Arctic | AK | stream | Kotzebue A-4 | 66.178°N | 163.948°W | pish is a usual native adaptation of "fish", and is standard Jargon. But given the location this may not be Jargon as such, but an independent native adaptation from the local language (Eyak?) |
| Pishak Island | "bad", "evil", "malicious" | Sitka | AK | island | Port Alexander D-5 | 56.811°N | 135.434°W |
Read more about this topic: List Of Chinook Jargon Placenames