Oneidas

Variant of Oneida

Oneida definition

Onei·da (ō nī′də)

noun

  1. pl. Oneidas -·das or Oneida -·da a member of a North American Indian people living originally near Oneida Lake in New York and now also in Wisconsin and Ontario
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

Etymology: < Iroquois Oneiute, lit., standing rock

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