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Mo·hawk (mō′hôk′)

noun

  1. pl. Mohawks -·hawks′ or Mohawk -·hawk′ a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Mohawk Valley of New York and now living in Ontario, Quebec, and New York
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people
  3. a haircut characterized by a prominent ridge of longer hair extending along the top of the head from the forehead to the nape of the neck, usually with the sides of the scalp shaven

Etymology: Narragansett mohowawog, lit., man-eaters: orig. so named by enemy tribes

adjective

of the Mohawks or their language or culture
Mohawk2 definition

Mo·hawk (mō′hôk′)

river in central & E N.Y., flowing into the Hudson: c. 140 mi (225 km)

Etymology: after Mohawk

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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