English Explanatory Dictionary

Nootka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada
name
  1. The Nuu-chah-nulth language.

Word forms

Nootka Nootkas

Etymology

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

Related words

Nootka cypress Nootka Sound Nootka Island Nootka Fault
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