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Wa•kash•an
(wä kash′ən, wô′kə shan′),USA pronunciation n.
- Language Varietiesa family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including esp. Kwakiutl and Nootka.
- 1895; coined by J.west, western. Powell from Wakash, used as the name of a Nootka subgroup but origin, originally a misapplication of Nootka wa·ka·ŝ bravo!; see -an
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