Nootka Definition

no͝otkə, no͝ot-
nootkas
noun
A member of a North American Indian people living chiefly on Vancouver Island.
Webster's New World
The Wakashan language of this people.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Nootka

Noun

Singular:
Nootka
Plural:
nootkas

Origin of Nootka

  • Nootka nuutkaa circling around (directions given by the Nootka as James Cook brought his ship close to shore when he reached Nootka Sound in 1778 and taken by him as the name of their people)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nootka Sentence Examples

  • The Spaniards under Quadra had begun a survey of north-western America and occupied Nootka Sound, which their government eventually agreed to surrender.

  • C. nootkaensis, the Nootka Sound cypress or Alaska cedar, was introduced into Britain in 1850.

  • They reached Nootka Sound in September 1788, and in July 1789 Captain Gray in the " Columbia " began the homeward voyage by way of China.

  • During the winter of1791-1792he built another fort on Nootka Sound and mounted four cannon from the ship. With the coming of spring he sailed southward, determined to settle definitely the existence of the great river, which he had vainly attempted to enter the previous summer.

  • The news of the dispute between England and Spain about Nootka Sound in 1790 recalled him to England, where he saw a good deal of Pitt, but the peaceful arrangement of the dispute again destroyed his hopes.

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