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) A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada === Proper noun === Nootka The Nuu-chah-nulth language. === Related terms === Nootka cypress Nootka Sound Nootka Island Nootka Fault === References === “Nootka”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.