Iroquois

DEFINITIONS OF: Iroquois

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; Cherokee
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee; Cayuga
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga; Mohawk
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk; Seneca
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca; Oneida
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida; Onondaga
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga; Tuscarora
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora

Type of:: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Examples:: Hiawatha
a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century); George Guess
Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Cayuga
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State; Cherokee
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma; Erie
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York; Mohawk
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State; Oneida
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; Onondaga
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River; Seneca
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario; Tuscarora
a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois

Type of:: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

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