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
Origin:
Cayuga *kayó·kwe, name of a 17th-c. village: cf. kayokwehó·noʾ, the Cayuga (people)