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Haida
[ hahy-duh ]
noun
, plural Hai·das, (especially collectively) Hai·da
- a member of an Indian people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.
- the language of the Haida people, part of the Na-Dene language group.
Haida
/ ˈhaɪdə /
noun
- -das-da a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska
- the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
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Derived Forms
- ˈHaidan, adjective
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Example Sentences
Formerly some of the Haida houses are said to have been built on platforms supported by posts.
From Project Gutenberg
He who has most hiaqua is best and wisest and happiest of all the northern Haida and of all the people of Whulge.
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Exceptions to this rule are found among the Haida, where both eagle and raven are in the eagle phratry.
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When a man dies in Haida Land, he follows a trail until he reaches the shore of a bay.
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He put this into the water, and it stretched itself out and became the Haida Country.
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