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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Nootka en · NOUN

Etymology

From Nootka nuutkaa (“go around”), a direction given to European explorers reaching Nootka Sound, subsequently misapplied to the location and group.

Meanings

  1. A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada

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Nootka en · PROPN

Etymology

From Nootka nuutkaa (“go around”), a direction given to European explorers reaching Nootka Sound, subsequently misapplied to the location and group.

Meanings

  1. The Nuu-chah-nulth language.

Relateds

Nootka Fault · Nootka Sound · Nootka Island · Nootka cypress