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haida gwaii

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
haida g-waii
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago off the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Etymology

Modern coinage used by the Haida people since the 1970s, from the Haida language, meaning "Islands of the People." The archipelago, which had previously been known as the Queen Charlotte Islands (being first identified on maps with this name in 1790), was officially renamed Haida Gwaii by the British Columbia government on June 3, 2010.

Synonyms

Queen Charlotte Islands

Questions

What does haida gwaii mean?
An archipelago off the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Where does haida gwaii come from?
Modern coinage used by the Haida people since the 1970s, from the Haida language, meaning "Islands of the People." The archipelago, which had previously been known as the Queen Charlotte Islands (being first identified on maps with this name in 1790), was officially renamed Haida Gwaii by the British Columbia government on June 3, 2010.

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