Nooksack

noun

Nook·​sack

variants or Nooksak

ˈnu̇kˌsak

or less commonly Nootsack or Nootsak

ˈnu̇tˌ-,

ˈnütˌ-

plural Nooksack or Nooksacks or Nooksak or Nooksaks

1

a

: a Salishan people of the Nooksack river valley, Washington

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Nooksack people

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