nootka in English

noun
1
a member of an American Indian people of Vancouver Island, Canada.
Twelve different tribes of Native Americans are in the game as well: the Aztec, the Carib, the Cherokee, the Comanche, the Cree, the Incas, the Iroquois, the Mayans, the Nootka , the Seminole, the Sioux, and the Tupi.
2
the Wakashan language of the Nootka.
Also known as Nuuchahnulth, which means ‘along the mountains’ - a reference to the speakers' homeland - Nootka 's telescoping of words is unparalleled in other languages.
adjective
1
relating to the Nootka or their language.
In the potlatches of the Chinook, Nootka , and other Pacific Northwest peoples, for example, chiefs vied to give the most blankets and other valuables.

Use "nootka" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "nootka" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "nootka", or refer to the context using the word "nootka" in the English Dictionary.

1. We have Delaney, we have Nootka, we have the China trade.

2. Delaney will as easily sell Nootka to the Americans if they offer him the same monopoly.

3. As Horace Delaney's widow, I also own half of the trading post at Nootka Sound.

4. The assignation they were trying to make her sign gave Nootka to the Crown and only the Crown.

5. Ah, well, you will understand, then, that private ownership of the Nootka Sound landing ground represents an opportunity for our enemies who dispute its sovereignty when the time comes to draw the border.