[ 'ɪrəkwɔɪ , -kɔɪ ]
■ noun ( plural same)
1》 a member of a former confederacy of six American Indian peoples (Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora) who lived mainly in southern Ontario and Quebec and northern New York State.
2》 any of the Iroquoian languages of these peoples.
Origin
Fr., from an Algonquian lang.