English
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuu-chah-nulth comes from Nootka nuučaan̓uł ‘all along the mountains’.
- Nootkamodernnuučaan̓uł‘all along the mountains’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Nuu-chah-nulth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Nootkamodernnuučaan̓uł‘all along the mountains’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Nuu-chah-nulth
Earliest quotation: 2025: “Bus stop signs at all 36 B.C. Transit stops…”
Every English word from Nootka nuučaan̓uł
Today it means
noun A people indigenous to Vancouver Island in western Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Nootka nuučaan̓uł / Nuu-chah-nulth