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Iroquoian definition

☆ Iro·quoian (ir′ə kwo̵i′ən)

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

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

adjective

designating or of these languages or the peoples that speak them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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