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Cayuga

/kəˈjugə/
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Other forms: Cayugas

Definitions of Cayuga
  1. noun
    a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
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    Iroquois
    any member of the Native American peoples on land that later became New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
  2. noun
    the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga
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    Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
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