Nootka

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Nootka (plural Nootkas or Nootka)

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

Proper noun

Nootka

  1. The Nuu-chah-nulth language.

References

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