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Iro·quois (ir′ə kwo̵i′)
noun
- 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
- any of the languages spoken by the Iroquois
Etymology: Fr, prob. < an Algonquian language
adjective
of the Iroquois or their languages or cultures
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