MOHAWK

I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett or Massachusett Mohowawog ~, literally, cannibal Date: 1634 a member of an American Indian people of the ~ River valley, New York, the Iroquoian language of the ~ people, a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved, II. geographical name river 148 miles (238 kilometers ) E central New York flowing E into Hudson River