iroquois
English Thesaurus
1. a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | cherokee, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cayuga, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mohawk, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | seneca, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | oneida, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | onondaga, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tuscarora, |
| definition | : | the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora (noun.communication) |
2. any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | cayuga, |
| definition | : | a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cherokee, |
| definition | : | a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | erie, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mohawk, |
| definition | : | a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | oneida, |
| definition | : | a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | onondaga, |
| definition | : | a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | seneca, |
| definition | : | a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tuscarora, |
| definition | : | a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois (noun.person) |
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