NOOTKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nootka mean? 

• NOOTKA (noun)
  The noun NOOTKA has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington

2. a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka

  Familiarity information: NOOTKA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOOTKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nootka" is a kind of...):

Wakashan (a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Nootka" is a kind of...):

Wakashan; Wakashan language (a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington)