MOHAWK


Meaning of MOHAWK in English

■ noun ( plural same or ~s )

1》 a member of an American Indian people originally inhabiting parts of what is now upper New York State.

2》 the Iroquoian language of the ~.

3》 N. Amer. a Mohican haircut.

4》 Skating a step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction.

Origin

from Narragansett mohowawog , lit. 'maneaters'.

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