Iroquoian

Speech parts

1. Iroquoian - Noun

2. Iroquoian - Adjective

Meaning

a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

iroquois Iroquoian language mohawk Cherokee

Hypernyms

indian American Indian Amerind Amerindian language American-Indian language

Hyponyms

mohawk Seneca Cherokee Oneida Cayuga Onondaga

Phrases with the word

st. lawrence iroquoian

Examples

At that time, the land along the river was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians ; at the time of Cartier's second voyage in 1535, Donnacona, an Iroquoian chief, had two sons. Source: Internet

In 1763 and 1766 additional Tuscarora migrated north to settle with other Iroquoian peoples in Pennsylvania (where the Susquehannock and Erie people both had territory) and New York. Source: Internet

Hundreds of years before European exploration, the Iroquoian -speaking Seneca Nation developed in the central part of present-day New York; it became one of the first Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Source: Internet

In the Iroquoian languages, for example, /w/ involved little apparent rounding of the lips. Source: Internet

The most important were the Catawba ( Siouan language ), Cherokee ( Iroquoian languages ), and Yamasee ( Muskhogean language). Source: Internet

The name "Canada" itself derives from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word meaning "village" or "settlement". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

irony of fate ironym Iroquoia Iroquoian language iroquois Iroquois Confederacy