haida gwaii

English translation: Islands of the people

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Haida term or phrase:	Haida Gwaii
English translation:	Islands of the people
Entered by:	Julie Roy

21:19 Oct 7, 2004

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Haida term or phrase: haida gwaii

Haida Gwaii is the Haida name for the Queen Charlotte Islands. I want to know what it means in english

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Islands of the people

Explanation:
The earliest known name for the islands is Xaaydlaa Gwaayaay, meaning, "Islands coming out of concealment." The more common Haida name is Haida Gwaii, meaning, "Islands of the People."

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Haida/java/english/c...

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Islands of the people

Julie Roy

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the Queen Charlotte Islands

Kim Metzger

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Land of the Peopl, Islands of the People

Kirill Semenov

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Islands of the people

Julie Roy
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the Queen Charlotte Islands

Explanation:
Haida Terms
• Gwaii Haanas is the Haida Indian name for Moresby Island.
• Haida Gwaii means the Queen Charlotte Islands.
• SGaang Gwaii is the Haida name for the abandoned village of Ninstints on Anthony Island (this United Nations World Heritage Site is also known as SGang Gwaay or Nan Sdins).

http://www.butterflytours.bc.ca/itineraries.htm

Kim Metzger
Mexico
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English

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Land of the Peopl, Islands of the People

Explanation:
Gwaii Hanaas :: Haida Gwaii :: Sep -- OCT, 2002
... Like so many other indigenous groups, in their own language the refer to themselves simply as Haida, "The People." Haida Gwaii means, "Land of the People," and ...
www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejHaidaGwaii/004.GwaiiHanaas.htm

specifications
... them and live there, the Haida. The name Haida Gwaii means “Islands of the People”. After centuries of splendid isolation, these ...
www.whistlerrealestate.ca/Signature_Homes/QCI/content/speci...

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 15:21
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Native speaker of:

Russian

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