What does "nootka" mean?

A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada

Nootka

Common synonyms include: english, geographic, language, nootka affair, nootka communities, nootka crisis era.

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Noun

1
A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada
2
a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka wordnet
3
a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington wordnet

Proper Noun

From Nootka nuutkaa (“go around”), a direction given to European explorers reaching Nootka Sound, subsequently misapplied to the location and group.