 "Skagway" was derived from "shԍagéi", a Tlingit idiom which figuratively refers to "rough seas in the Taiya Inlet, that are caused by strong north winds".Literally, "shԍagéi" means "beautiful woman".The word is also a gerund (verbal noun), derived from the Tlingit verb theme "-sha-ka-l-ԍéi", which means, in the case of a woman, "to be beautiful".