ONONDAGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Onondaga mean? 

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

1. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River

2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga

  Familiarity information: ONONDAGA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONONDAGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Onondaga" 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)

Instance hyponyms:

Hiawatha (a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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