Onondagan

Variant of Onondaga

Onondaga definition

On·on·daga (än′ən dô′gə, -dä′-)

noun

  1. pl. Onondagas -·gas or Onondaga -·ga a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near Onondaga Lake in New York and now also living in Ontario
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

Etymology: < AmInd (Iroquois) Ononta'geʼ, lit., on top of the hill (name of the chief Onondaga village)

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