Nootka may refer to:
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Nuu-chah-nulth
The Nuu-chah-nulth ( ; ), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth or Tahkaht, are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifteen related tri ...
or Nootka, an indigenous people in Canada's Pacific Northwest
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Nuu-chah-nulth language
Nuu-chah-nulth (), Nootka (), is a Wakashan language in the Pacific Northwest of North America on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound in British Columbia by the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. Nuu-chah-nulth is ...
or Nootka, spoken by the above
Places in British Columbia, Canada
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Nootka Sound
Nootka Sound () is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island, part of the Canadian province of ...
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Nootka Island
Nootka Island (; ) is the largest island off the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is in area. It is separated from Vancouver Island by Nootka Sound and its side-inlets, and is located within Electoral Area A of t ...
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Nootka Fault
The Nootka Fault is an active transform fault running southwest from Nootka Island, near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Geology
The Nootka Fault lies between the Explorer plate in the north and Juan de Fuca plate in south. These a ...
Plants
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Puccinellia nutkaensis
''Puccinellia nutkaensis'' is a species of grass known by the common names Nootka alkaligrass and Alaska alkali grass. It is native to North America from Alaska across northern Canada to Greenland and Nova Scotia, and down to Washington to Oregon ...
'', a grass species also called Nootka alkaligrass
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Cupressus nootkatensis
''Callitropsis nootkatensis'', formerly known as ''Cupressus nootkatensis'' ( syn. ''Xanthocyparis nootkatensis, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis''), is a species of tree in the cypress family native to the coastal regions of northwestern North Americ ...
'', a tree species also known as Nootka cypress
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Rosa nutkana
''Rosa nutkana'', the Nootka rose, bristly rose, or wild rose is a perennial shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae).[Lupinus nootkatensis
''Lupinus nootkatensis'', the Nootka lupine, is a perennial plant of the genus ''Lupinus'' in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to North America and was introduced to Europe in the late 18th century. It grows up to 60 cm tall, and ha ...]
'', a perennial plant also known as Nootka lupine
Other uses
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HMCS ''Nootka'' (J35), a Royal Canadian Navy Second World War minesweeper
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HMCS ''Nootka'' (R96), a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer
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Nootka Jargon
Nootka Jargon or Nootka Lingo was a pidginized form of the Wakashan language Nuučaan̓uł, used for trade purposes by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, when communicating with persons who did not share any common language ...
, a Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) pidgin used as a trade language along the Pacific Northwest coast
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Nootka Elementary School, in Vancouver, British Columbia
See also
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Nootka Crisis
The Nootka Crisis, also known as the Spanish Armament, was an international incident and political dispute between Spain and Great Britain triggered by a series of events revolving around sovereignty claims and rights of navigation and trade. It ...
, 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
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Nootka Convention
The Nootka Sound Conventions were a series of three agreements between the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Great Britain, signed in the 1790s, which averted a war between the two countries over overlapping claims to portions of the Pacific No ...
s, three treaties signed in the 1790s between Spain and Great Britain, defusing the Nootka Crisis
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