Nootka
noun
former name of the Nuu-chah-nulth.
Nootkas
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pluralof Nootka.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the Nootkas, women are consulted on all matters of business.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen
It was a union of the Indian tribes of Oregon and Washington, with the Willamettes at the head, against their great hereditary enemies, the Nootkas, the Shoshones, and the Spokanes.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch
The Arcadians were bears, knew it, and possibly danced a bear dance, as Mandans or Nootkas dance a buffalo dance or a wolf dance.
From Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang
Among the Nootkas whole tribes lived under one roof.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
The Nootkas of British Columbia regard it as a tiny man, living in the crown of the head.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
