Cayugas

Variant of Cayuga

Cayuga definition

Ca·yuga (kā yo̵̅o̅′gə, kī-)

noun

  1. pl. Cayugas -·gas or Cayuga -·ga a member of a North American Indian people that lived around Cayuga Lake and now lives also in N.Y., Okla., and Ontario
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

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

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