Iroquois
A member of a confederacy of five Native American tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas,…A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas.
» The Iroquois are the worst civilization in Civilization V.
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2 sensesA member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas.
Irokese, Irokesin
ироке́зirokéz
A kind of hairdo where both sides of the head are shaved, leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.
- 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
- a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
Examples
2 sentencesThe Iroquois are the worst civilization in Civilization V.
He's not Iroquois. He's Ojibwe.
ruОн не ирокез. Он оджибве. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Attested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested siAttested in American English since the 1660s, from French Iroquois, Hiroquois (attested since the early 1600s). The ultimate origin is uncertain.
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