CAYUGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cayuga mean? 

• CAYUGA (noun)
  The noun CAYUGA has 2 senses:

1. a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State

2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga

  Familiarity information: CAYUGA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAYUGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cayuga" is a kind of...):

Iroquois (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Cayuga" is a kind of...):

Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)