IROQUOIS


Meaning of IROQUOIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈir-ə-ˌkwȯi also ]

-ˌkwä noun

( plural Iroquois -ˌkwȯi(z), -ˌkwä(z))

Etymology: French, probably of Algonquian origin

Date: 1666

1. plural : an American Indian confederacy originally of New York consisting of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca and later including the Tuscarora

2. : a member of any of the Iroquois peoples

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.