Oneida Definition

ō-nīdə
oneidas
noun
A member of a North American Indian people living originally near Oneida Lake in New York and now also in Wisconsin and Ontario.
Webster's New World
The Iroquoian language of this people.
Webster's New World
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A city of central New York east-northeast of Syracuse. The Oneida Community, a Utopian society established in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes, was nearby. It prospered through its manufacture of silverware and was reorganized in 1881 as a joint stock company.
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Other Word Forms of Oneida

Noun

Singular:
Oneida
Plural:
oneidas

Origin of Oneida

  • Oneida onę·yóteʔ erected stone, a village name

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oneida Sentence Examples

  • Roscoe Conkling was admitted to the bar at Utica, New York, in 1850, was appointed district-attorney of Oneida (disambiguation)|Oneida county in the same year, and soon attained success in the practice of his profession.

  • In the vicinity the Oneida Community manufactures chains and animal traps.

  • In 1797 Oneida county was established, and the village was incorporated under the name of Utica.

  • The city is the seat of the Academy of the Holy Names (opened in 1865 as St Peter's Academy), of the State Custodial Asylum for unteachable idiots, of the Central New York Institution for Deaf Mutes (1875), and of the Oneida County Home.

  • The danger to the fort roused General Nicholas Herkimer to gather a force of between 700 and moo men (including some Oneida Indians), who during their advance on the 6th of August were ambuscaded in a ravine near Oriskany, about 8 m.

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Words Starting With

OONONE

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ADAIDA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With A