Iroquoian

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(ir′ə kwo̵i′ən)

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noun

  1. a family of North American Indian languages including Oneida, Mohawk, Huron, Tuscarora, and Cherokee
  2. a member of any of the peoples speaking these languages

Origin: < Iroquois + -an: coined (1891) by J.W. Powell

adjective

designating or of these languages or the peoples that speak them

See Iroquoian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A family of North American Indian languages of the eastern part of Canada and the United States that includes Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Cherokee, Erie, Huron, and Wyandot.
  2. A member of an Iroquoian-speaking people.
adjective
Of or constituting the Iroquoian language family.
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