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 (synset 109677592)
    is a type of: amerindian, native american - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
    subtypes:
    • cayuga - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
    • cherokee - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
    • erie - 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
    • mohawk - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
    • oneida - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
    • onondaga - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
    • seneca - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario
    • tuscarora - a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois
  2. A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois (synset 106929579)
    is a type of: american indian, american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    subtypes:
    • cherokee - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
    • cayuga - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga
    • mohawk - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
    • seneca - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
    • oneida - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida
    • onondaga - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
    • tuscarora - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora
    same as: iroquoian, iroquoian language

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