Library / English Dictionary

ONONDAGA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Onondaga" is a kind of...):

Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Onondaga" is a kind of...):

Iroquois (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)

Instance hyponyms:

Hiawatha (a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century))

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