Haida Explained

Haida may refer to:

Education

• Hainan University (Haida; 海大), a public university in Haikou, Hainan, China

Places

• • Haida, an old name for Nový Bor Haida Gwaii, meaning "Islands of the People", formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands
• Haida Islands, a different archipelago near Bella Bella, British Columbia

Ships

• , a 1909-built steamship that served in the US Navy as USS Quincy (AK-10)
• , United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1921 to 1947
• Haida, a German-built American yacht of 1929, in US Navy service 1940–1946 as ; currently yacht Haida 1929
• , Canadian Tribal-class destroyer that served from 1943 to 1963

People with the surname

• Mahjoub Haïda (born 1970), Moroccan middle-distance runner
• Moses Haida, German mathematician
• Samuel Haida (1626–1685), Bohemian Kabbalist
• , Japanese composer and musician

Fictional characters

• Haida, a character in Aggressive Retsuko

Haida culture

• Haida people, an Indigenous ethnic group of North America (Canada)
  • Council of the Haida Nation, their collective government body
  • Haida language, their language
  • Haida argillite carvings, an art form that is a Haida specialty
• Haida manga, a hybrid art form combining traditional Haida art and Japanese manga

Other uses

• Hai-Da, abbreviation for Hainan University, from the Mandarin Chinese Hainan Daxue

See also

• Hada (disambiguation)
• Hadda (disambiguation)