/oh nuy"deuh/ , n. , pl. Oneidas , ( esp. collectively ) Oneida for 1.
1. a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida Indians.
3. a city in central New York. 10,810.
[ one·yóte erected stone, the name of the main Oneida settlement, at successive locations, near which, traditionally, a large syenite boulder always appeared ]