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Wa⋅kash⋅an

  [wah-kash-uhn, waw-kuh-shan]
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–noun
a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including esp. Kwakiutl and Nootka.
Origin:
1895; coined by J.W. Powell from Wakash, used as the name of a Nootka subgroup but orig. a misapplication of Nootka wa⋅ka⋅š bravo!; see -an
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Wa·kash·an   (wä-kāsh'ən, wô'kə-shān')   
n.  A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Nootka and other peoples of Washington and British Columbia.

[Ultimately from Nootka waakaash, bravo!.]
Wa·kash'an adj.
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