Haida Definition

hīdə
haidas
noun
A member of a North American Indian people living mainly on islands of British Columbia and Alaska.
Webster's New World
The language of this people, of uncertain relationship but thought by some scholars to be distantly related to Tlingit and the Athabaskan languages.
Webster's New World
pronoun

An indigenous nation of the Northwest Coast of North America, living primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.

Wiktionary
The indigenous language of this people.
Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Haidas or their language or culture.
Webster's New World

Origin of Haida

  • Haida ḥà·t'e·, ḥà·de· the people from ḥà·ta·, ḥà·da· to be human

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Haida Sentence Examples

  • The finest product, the crystal-glass, is made round Haida and Steinschdnau.

  • The carved totem posts of the Haida, standing in front of the heavily framed houses, or at a little distance from them, represent the coats of arms of the respective families of the tribes and generally exhibit designs treated in a bold and original manner, highly conventionalized but always recognizable in their purport by any one familiar with the distinctive marks of the animal forms portrayed.

  • The Tlingit, Haida and Kwakiutul tribes of the American Northwest also practiced ear, nose and lip piercings to alter consciousness and commune with the gods.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAI

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ADAIDA

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Haida

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