name
Meaning 1
The Nuu-chah-nulth language.
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Standard Lemma guide
Nootka
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noun
Meaning 2
A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada
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noun
Meaning 3
a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Wakashan, Wakashan language
noun
Meaning 4
a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington
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Broader terms: Wakashan
History
Etymology
From Nootka nuutkaa (“go around”), a direction given to European explorers reaching Nootka Sound, subsequently misapplied to the location and group.