Definitions for onondagaˌɒn ənˈdɔ gə, -ˈdɑ-, -ˈdeɪ-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
On•on•da•gaˌɒn ənˈdɔ gə, -ˈdɑ-, -ˈdeɪ-(n.)(pl.)-gas; -ga.
a member of an American Indian people of central New York: one of the Iroquois Five Nations.
Category: Peoples
the Iroquoian language of the Onondagas.
Category: Peoples
Origin of Onondaga:
1675–85,Amer.; < Onondaga on?·tàˀke on the hill, the name of the main Onondaga town
On`on•da′gan(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Onondaga(noun)
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
Onondaga(noun)
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
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