Dictionary

Haida en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɪdə/

Etymology

From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/.

Meanings

1. A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.
   • The first recorded European contact with the Haida was by the Spanish explorer Juan Perez in 1774 at Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Soon the Haida were caught up in the lucrative fur trade, and the time they spent hunting sea otters and other marine mammals greatly increased. 2003, Sharon Busby, Spruce Root Basketry of the Haida and Tlingit, Lucia Marquand Books, →ISBN, page 109:

Forms

Translations (7)

ru ха́йда (indigenous people) · ga Haídeach (indigenous people) · nv Haídí dineʼé (indigenous people) · fr Haïdas (indigenous people) · hax X̲aayda (indigenous people) · tli Deikeenaa (indigenous people) · hdn X̲aadas (indigenous people)

Haida en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɪdə/

Etymology

From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/.

Meanings

1. The indigenous language of this people.
   • The Haida language, called Skittagetan by Powell, was anciently spoken only on the Queen Charlotte islands off the coast of British Columbia. 1911, John R. Swanton, “Haida”, in Franz Boas, editor, Handbook of American Indian Languages, Washington, page 209:

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Haida terms · hai · hai ⁠

Synonyms

X̱aat Kíl · X̱aayda Kil · Skittagetan

Translations (6)

ga Haídis (indigenous language) · fr haïda (indigenous language) · hdn X̲aad Kíl (indigenous language) · ru ха́йда (indigenous language) · hax X̲aayda Kil (indigenous language) · nl Haida (indigenous language)