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Iroquois definition

Iro·quois (ir′ə kwo̵i′)

noun

  1. pl. Iroquois -·quois′ (-kwo̵i′, -kwo̵iz′) a member of a confederation of Iroquoian Indian peoples that lived in upstate New York and included the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks, and (after 1723) the Tuscaroras: their descendants live in New York, Ontario, Quebec, and Oklahoma
  2. any of the languages spoken by the Iroquois

Etymology: Fr, prob. < an Algonquian language

adjective

of the Iroquois or their languages or cultures

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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