Nootka

[ noot-kuh, noo t- ]

/ ˈnut kə, ˈnʊt- /

a Wakashan language spoken in SW Canada on the western coast of Vancouver Island.

a member of an Indian people of Washington and Vancouver Island speaking this language.

Example sentences from the Web for nootka

Nootka returned the glance as if she felt that a splendid opportunity of securing such delights for her was opening up to him.

The Walrus Hunters |R.M. Ballantyne
As compared with that of the Thlinkeets, the Nootka language is neither harsh nor disagreeable.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 |Hubert Howe Bancroft
Newchemass came to Nootka 'from a great way to the Northward, and from some distance inland.'

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 |Hubert Howe Bancroft
The coast in the neighbourhood of Nootka is in general low, and but little broken into hills and valleys.

The Adventures of John Jewitt |John Rodgers Jewitt

The Wickinninish live about two hundred miles south of Nootka.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 |Hubert Howe Bancroft

Nootka

/ (ˈnʊtkə, ˈnuːt-) /

plural -ka or -kas a member of a North American Indian people living in British Columbia and Vancouver Island

the language of this people, belonging to the Wakashan family