Wakashan

Definitions of Wakashan

1. noun

   a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language
   types:

   Kwakiutl

   a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island

   Nootka

   a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington

   type of:

   American Indian, Red Indian

   a dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
2. noun

   a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington
   synonyms: Wakashan language

   types:

   Kwakiutl

   a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl

   Nootka

   a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka

   type of:

   Mosan

   a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia