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Haida
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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.

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

Haidan adj.

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
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Noun1.Haida - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern AlaskaHaida - 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


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