title: Nootka
text: # Nootka
  
  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
  
  * Nootka Sound
  * Nootka Island
  * Nootka Fault
  
  ## Plants
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  