1. Nootka - Noun
2. Nootka - Proper noun
a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka
a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington
Source: WordNetAfter journeying through the Pacific, to make an attempt from the west, Cook began at Nootka Sound in April 1778. Source: Internet
At this time, they decided to name the large island on which Nootka was now proven to be located as Quadra and Vancouver Island. Source: Internet
His first fieldwork took him to Vancouver Island to work on the Nootka language. Source: Internet
Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, The Nootka: Scenes and Studies of Savage Life (Victoria: Sono Nis Press, 1987; originally published in 1868): xv. Source: Internet
Resident group A gray whale swims near surf on Nootka Island within residential range. Source: Internet
For this purpose the British Naval Captain George Vancouver was sent to Nootka Sound in 1792. Source: Internet