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Hai·da  (hd)

n. pl. Haida or Hai·das

1. A Native American people inhabiting the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada, and Prince of Wales Island in Alaska.

2. A member of this people.

3. Any or all of the language varieties spoken by the Haida.

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[Haida à·t'e·, à·de·, the people, from à·ta·, à·da·, to be human.]

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Haidan adj.

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Haida [ˈhaɪdə]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -das, -da a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting the coast of British Columbia and SW Alaska

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum

Haidan  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Haida - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
	2.	Haida - the Na-Dene language of the Haida Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languages