Nootka
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Nootka may refer to:
- Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka, an indigenous people in Canada's Pacific Northwest
- Nuu-chah-nulth language or Nootka, spoken by the above
Places in British Columbia, Canada
[edit]Plants
[edit]- Puccinellia nutkaensis, a grass species also called Nootka alkaligrass
- Cupressus nootkatensis, a tree species also known as Nootka cypress
- Rosa nutkana, a perennial shrub also called Nootka rose
- Lupinus nootkatensis, a perennial plant also known as Nootka lupine
Other uses
[edit]- HMCS Nootka (J35), a Royal Canadian Navy Second World War minesweeper
- HMCS Nootka (R96), a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer
- Nootka Jargon, a Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) pidgin used as a trade language along the Pacific Northwest coast
- Nootka Elementary School, in Vancouver, British Columbia
See also
[edit]- Nootka Crisis, an 18th century dispute involving the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, the Spanish Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the fledgling United States of America
- Nootka Conventions, three treaties signed in the 1790s between Spain and Great Britain, defusing the Nootka Crisis
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