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Nuu-chah-nulth
[ noo-chah-noolth ]
noun
, plural Nuu-chah-nulths, (especially collectively) Nuu-chah-nulth
- a member of an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest, now living primarily in northwestern Washington State and on southwestern Vancouver Island.
- the Wakashan language of the Nuu-chah-nulth.
adjective
- of or relating to the Nuu-chah-nulth or their language.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nuu-chah-nulth1
First recorded in 1975–80; from Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka); literally, “all along the mountains and sea” (of Vancouver Island ( def ), common to all the Nuu-chah-nulth)
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