Cayuga
noun
- pl. Cayugas or Cayuga a member of a North American Indian people that lived around Cayuga Lake and now lives also in N.Y., Okla., and Ontario
- the Iroquoian language of this people
See Cayuga in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kā-yo͞oˈgə, kī-)
noun pl. Cayuga Cayuga or
Ca·yu·gas a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the shores of Cayuga Lake in west-central New York, with present-day populations in Ontario, western New York, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma. The Cayuga are one of the five original tribes of the Iroquois confederacy.
b. A member of this people.
- The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga.
