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Nootka

Noot·ka [ ntkə ] (plural Noot·kas or Noot·ka)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people of the coast of western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Cape Flattery, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

2. language of Nootka: the Wakashan language of the Nootka people. Few people now speak Nootka.

[Early 19th century. After Nootka Sound, an inlet on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada]

Noot·ka adjective
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