Iroquois – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Iroquois
n.
group of American Indian peoples which originally inhabited the Hudson River Valley of the United States (includes the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, and Onondaga tribes); member of one of the Iroquois tribes
Iroquois
The
Iroquois ( or ), also known as the
Haudenosaunee , are a historically powerful and important northeast
Native American confederacy. They were known during the colonial years to the
French as the "Iroquois League," and later as the "Iroquois Confederacy," and to the
English as the "Five Nations" (before 1722), and later as the "Six Nations", comprising the
Mohawk,
Onondaga,
Oneida,
Cayuga,
Seneca, and
Tuscarora peoples.
Iroquois
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) Indian, North American Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
(hyponym) Cayuga
2. a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois peoples
(synonym) Iroquoian, Iroquoian language
(hypernym) Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
(hyponym) Cherokee
iroquois
adj.
iroquois, Iroquoian, of the group of American Indian peoples which inhabited North America and Canada; of the family of languages spoken by the Iroquois
iroquois
nm.
Iroquoian, family of North American Indian languages (including Mohawk, Cherokee, Seneca and Huron), spoken by the Iroquois American Indian peoples
nm.
Iroquois, group of American Indian peoples which originally inhabited the Hudson River Valley of the United States (includes the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, and Onondaga tribes); member of one of the Iroquois tribes
Iroquois
(n. sing. & pl.)
A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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