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Skittagetan

Skittagetan noun: synonym of Haida (“people”).

Noun

Skittagetan (plural Skittagetans or Skittagetan)

  1. Synonym of Haida (“people”).
    • The Haydas (Skittagetans) were and are the flower of the native races.1897, A. C. Harris, Alaska and the Klondike gold fields, page 488
    Synonyms:
    Haida

Proper noun

Skittagetan

  1. Synonym of Haida (“language”).
    • In the Haida language, of the Skittagetan family, translations of three of the Gospels and of the Acts, by Charles Harrison and J. H. Keen, were printed in 1891-97.1912, Frederick Webb Hodge, editor, Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, page 145
    Synonyms:
    Haida

Synonyms of Skittagetan

Forms of Skittagetan

pluralSkittagetans
pluralSkittagetan

Origin of Skittagetan

From Skittaget + -an.

Questions about Skittagetan

What does Skittagetan mean?
Skittagetan means synonym of Haida (“people”).
What part of speech is Skittagetan?
Skittagetan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Skittagetan?
The plural of Skittagetan is Skittagetans.

Words near Skittagetan in the dictionary

  1. skitrack
  2. skitracks
  3. skits
  4. Skitswish
  5. Skittaget
  6. Skittagetan
  7. Skittagetans
  8. skitted
  9. skitter
  10. skittered
  11. skitteriest

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