Nootka may refer to:
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Nuu-chah-nulth
The Nuu-chah-nulth (; Nuučaan̓uł: ), 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 fifte ...
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 a ...
or Nootka, spoken by the above
Places in British Columbia, Canada
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Nootka Sound
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Nootka Island
Nootka Island (french: île Nootka) is an island adjacent to 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 the ...
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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 Poaceae, 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 ...
'', a grass species also called Nootka alkaligrass
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Cupressus nootkatensis
''Callitropsis nootkatensis'', formerly known as ''Cupressus nootkatensis'' ( syn. ''Xanthocyparis nootkatensis'') is a species of trees in the cypress family native to the coastal regions of northwestern North America. This species goes by many ...
'', 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. The Nootka lupine grows up to 60 cm tall. Late in the 18th century it was first introd ...]
'', 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 the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, the Spanish Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the fledgling United States of America triggered ...
, 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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