Meaning | Any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution. |
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Narrower | Cayuga | A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State |
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Cherokee | A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma |
Erie | A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York |
Mohawk | A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State |
Oneida | A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario |
Onondaga | A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River |
Seneca | A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario |
Tuscarora | A member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois |
Broader | Amerindian, Native American | Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived |
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