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Kwakiutl


Definition of Kwakiutl

noun (plural same or Kwakiutls)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the NW Pacific coast, living mainly on Vancouver Island.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Wakashan language of the Kwakiutl, now with few speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Kwakiutl or their language.

Origin:

the name in Kwakiutl

Kwakiutl in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Kwakiutl in the US English dictionary