onondaga

English Thesaurus

1. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	iroquoian, iroquoian language, iroquois,
definition	:	a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois (noun.communication)

2. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River (noun.person)

hypernym	:	iroquois,
definition	:	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)

instance hyponym	:	hiawatha,
definition	:	a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century) (noun.person)