单词 | Onondaga |
释义 | Onondaga/ˌɒnənˈdɑːɡə![]() noun (plural same or Onondagas) 1A member of an Iroquois people, one of the five comprising the original Iroquois confederacy, formerly inhabiting an area near Syracuse, New York.Hofstra begins by recalling a violent skirmish in 1742 on the Virginia frontier between white settlers and a group of Oneidas and Onondagas traveling from their homelands in New York to the Carolinas....
2 [mass noun] The extinct Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.The Cherokee language belongs to the Iroquoian family of languages and is therefore related to Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora, among others. adjective Relating to the Onondaga or their language.The Tuscarora slowly emigrated into Iroquois territory and settled amongst the Oneida (and on Onondaga margins)....
OriginFrom the Iroquoian name of their main settlement, literally 'on the hill'. Rhymes |
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