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Sahaiʔa

Sahaiʔa proper noun: a female given name from Chipewyan. Alternative form of Sahą́ı̨́ʔą.

Proper noun

Sahaiʔa

  1. A female given name from Chipewyan. Alternative form of Sahą́ı̨́ʔą.
    • One of the big challenges, it turns out, is the government itself. Last week, Shene Catholique-Valpy, an Aboriginal woman born and raised in the Northwest Territories, spoke out publicly about her year-long fight to have the the^([sic]) traditional Chipewyan spelling of her daughter’s name, Sahaiʔa...2015 March 12, Rachel Browne, “What’s in a name? A Chipewyan’s battle over her native tongue”, in Maclean's, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2015
    • Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2016

Forms of Sahaiʔa

alternative formSahai'a

Questions about Sahaiʔa

What does Sahaiʔa mean?
Sahaiʔa means a female given name from Chipewyan. Alternative form of Sahą́ı̨́ʔą.
What part of speech is Sahaiʔa?
Sahaiʔa is a proper noun.

Words near Sahaiʔa in the dictionary

  1. Sahagians
  2. Sahagun
  3. Sahaguns
  4. Sahaguntine
  5. Sahai'a
  6. Sahaiʔa
  7. Sahaj
  8. Sahaja
  9. sahajdari
  10. sahajdaris
  11. sahajdhari

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