Nootka

name, noun

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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
englishlanguagenootka languagenuu chah nulthnuu-chah-nulthnuu-chah-nulth

Etymology

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

Related phrases

nuu chah nulthvancouver island

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