Definitions for five nations
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Five′ Na′tions(n.pl.)
the Iroquois Indian confederacy of New York, comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
Category: Peoples
Princeton's WordNet
Iroquois League, League of Iroquois, Five Nations, Six Nations(noun)
a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
Wiktionary
Five Nations(ProperNoun)
an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
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