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Mohawk
Mo·hawk 1 M0368300 (mō′hôk′)n. pl. Mohawk or Mo·hawks 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast New York along the Mohawk and upper Hudson Valleys north to the St. Lawrence River, with present-day populations chiefly in southern Ontario and extreme northern New York. The Mohawk were the easternmost member of the Iroquois confederacy.2. The Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
[Narragansett Mohowaúg.]
Mo·hawk 2 M0368300 (mō′hôk′)n. pl. Mo·hawks A hairstyle in which the scalp is shaved except for an upright strip of hair that runs across the crown of the head from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
[After Mohawk.]Mohawk (ˈməʊhɔːk) npl -hawks or -hawk1. (Peoples) a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
Mohawk (ˈməʊhɔːk) n (Placename) a river in E central New York State, flowing south and east to the Hudson River at Cohoes: the largest tributary of the Hudson. Length: 238 km (148 miles)
mohawk (ˈməʊhɔːk) n1. (Ice Skating) skating a half turn from either edge of either skate to the corresponding edge of the other skate2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) US and Canadian a punk hairstyle in which the head is shaved at the sides and the remaining strip of hair is worn stiffly erect and sometimes brightly coloured. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): mohican [C19: after Mohawk1]Mo•hawk (ˈmoʊ hɔk)
n., pl. -hawks, (esp. collectively) -hawk. 1. a member of an American Indian people, orig. residing in the middle Mohawk River valley in New York: the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations. 2. the Iroquoian language of the Mohawks. 3. a river flowing E from central New York to the Hudson. 148 mi. (240 km) long. 4. (often l.c.) a hairstyle with the scalp shaved except for a center strip of stiff, bluntly cut hair running front to back. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Mohawk - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York StateIroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution | | 2. | Mohawk - the Iroquoian language spoken by the MohawkIroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois | | 3. | mohawk - haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalpmohawk haircuthaircut - the style in which hair has been cut |
TranslationsMohawk
Mohawk, river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (completed 1918) as part of the New York State Canal System's rebuilt Erie Canal, which links the Hudson River with the Great Lakes; it is mainly used by leisure craft. Rapids and small waterfalls are found at Little Falls and Oriskany, near Cohoes, and on many tributaries. Pollution from industries and municipal raw sewage was the focus of cleanup efforts under the Clean Waters Program of 1965. The beautiful and fertile Mohawk valley, named for its Native American inhabitants, was the scene of many battles and raids in the French and Indian WarsFrench and Indian Wars,
1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. and in the American RevolutionAmerican Revolution,
1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence.
..... Click the link for more information. . The valley served as the sole route (see Mohawk TrailMohawk Trail.
1 Old road (c.100 mi/160 km long) in central New York state following the Mohawk River. It was the sole route through the Appalachians by which thousands of settlers emigrated from the Eastern seaboard to the Midwest.
..... Click the link for more information. ) for westward-bound pioneers to cross the Appalachian Mts. The Erie Canal, N.Y. Central RR, and N.Y. State Thruway were built along the river's course.
Mohawk: see Iroquois ConfederacyIroquois Confederacy
or Iroquois League
, North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
..... Click the link for more information. .Mohawk11. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples 2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
Mohawk2 a river in E central New York State, flowing south and east to the Hudson River at Cohoes: the largest tributary of the Hudson. Length: 238 km (148 miles) Mohawk
Words related to Mohawknoun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York StateRelated Wordsnoun the Iroquoian language spoken by the MohawkRelated Words- Iroquoian
- Iroquoian language
- Iroquois
noun haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalpSynonymsRelated Words |