| 释义 |
Oneida N. Amer.|əʊˈnaɪdə|
[ad. Oneida onēṅýoteˀ erected stone (the name of the main Oneida settlement at successive locations, near which, traditionally, a large syenite boulder always appeared).]
One of the five (later six) tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians commonly called the Five Nations (Six Nations), originally inhabiting upper New York state; a member of this tribe; their language. Also attrib.
1666J. Allyn Let. 10 July in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1849) 3rd Ser. X. 63 Hereof the Mohawkes and the Oneiades have given assured notice. 1722S. Sewall Diary 19 Oct. in Ibid. (1882) 5th Ser. VII. 311 The Messenger of the Oneidas was buried in the South Burying place. 1760in J. W. Lydekker Faithful Mohawks (1938) 102 Genl Amherst being at the Oneida Lake on the preceeding Sunday went up as far as the Oneida town. 1823,1933[see Cayuga]. 1959[see Five Nations s.v. five a. and n. C. 2]. 1965Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics X. 105 The structure of Pawnee as compared with Oneida. 1969Observer (Colour Suppl.) 25 May 53/3 West of them were the extraordinarily fierce Oneida. 1973A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 148 Lakes area silverwork probably began when the Oneida, an Iroquois tribe, moved to northeast Wisconsin. |