Haida

noun

Hai·​da ˈhī-də 

1

plural Haida or Haidas : a member of an Indigenous people of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

2

: the language of the Haida people

Examples of Haida in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The term totem pole seems to have been coined around the time that one of these posts was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, likely commissioned from a Haida carver named Dwight Wallace and brought all the way from Alaska. — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026

There are so many reasons to visit the British Columbia archipelago of Haida Gwaii. — Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026

Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Haida (northern dialect) ḥà·t̓e·, ḥà·de·, a self-designation

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Haida

• oneida