Definitions for Iroquois
ˈɪr əˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪziro·quois

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Iroquoisnoun

   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

2. Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian languagenoun

   a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Iroquoisnoun

   A confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.

2. Iroquoisnoun

   A person belonging to one of these tribes.

3. Iroquoisnoun

   Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.

4. Iroquoisnoun

   A kind of hairdo, where both sides of the head are shaved leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.

5. Etymology: French, from Algonquian, literally, 'real adders'.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Iroquois

   The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people who are building the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy. The English called them the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca (listed geographically from east to west). After 1722, the Iroquoian-speaking Tuscarora people from the southeast were accepted into the confederacy, which became known as the Six Nations. The Confederacy came about as a result of the Great Law of Peace, said to have been composed by Deganawidah the Great Peacemaker, Hiawatha, and Jigonsaseh the Mother of Nations. For nearly 200 years, the Six Nations/Haudenosaunee Confederacy were a powerful factor in North American colonial policy, with some scholars arguing for the concept of the Middle Ground, in that European powers were used by the Iroquois just as much as Europeans used them. At its peak around 1700, Iroquois power extended from what is today New York State, north into present-day Ontario and Quebec along the lower Great Lakes–upper St. Lawrence, and south on both sides of the Allegheny mountains into present-day Virginia and Kentucky and into the Ohio Valley. The St. Lawrence Iroquoians, Wendat (Huron), Erie, and Susquehannock, all independent peoples known to the European colonists, also spoke Iroquoian languages. They are considered Iroquoian in a larger cultural sense, all being descended from the Proto-Iroquoian people and language. Historically, however, they were competitors and enemies of the Iroquois League nations.In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six Nations people lived in Canada, and over 81,000 in the United States.

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1. iroquois

   The Iroquois are a historically powerful, indigenous North American confederacy, also known as the Five Nations (later Six Nations), which was comprised of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later, the Tuscarora tribes. Established around the 16th century or earlier in what is now New York State, they played a significant role in the colonial-era history due to their strategic location and military strength. The Iroquois people are known for their matrilineal kinship system, complex political organization, and contribution to democracy, specifically influencing the U.S. Constitution's framers. Today, Iroquois communities exist across North America, many maintaining their cultural practices and languages.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Iroquois

   a powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes

2. Etymology: [F.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. Iroquois

   The Iroquois, also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North America. After the Iroquoian-speaking peoples of present-day central and upstate New York coalesced as distinct tribes, by the 16th century or earlier, they came together in an association known today as the Iroquois League, or the "League of Peace and Power". The Iroquois are a matrilineal society. They have clan mothers, or main women of the leagues. The original Iroquois League was often known as the Five Nations, as it was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations. After the Tuscarora nation joined the League in 1722, the Iroquois became known as the Six Nations. The League is embodied in the Grand Council, an assembly of fifty hereditary sachems. Other Iroquian peoples lived along the St. Lawrence River, around the Great Lakes and in the American Southeast, but they were not part of the Haudenosaunee and often competed and warred with these tribes. When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Haudenosaunee were based in what is now the northeastern United States, primarily in what is referred to today as upstate New York west of the Hudson River and through the Finger Lakes region. Today, the Iroquois live primarily in New York, Quebec, and Ontario.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Iroquois

   one of the most intelligent branches of the North American Indians, comprised a confederation of five, afterwards six, tribes, among whom the leading place was taken by the Mohawks; their territory lay inland in what is now New York State and the basin of the St. Lawrence. Numbering some 25,000, they maintained their own against the hereditary foes by whom they were surrounded; they took kindly to English and Dutch settlers, but were hostile to the French, and in the wars of the 18th century were allies of England against the French; their descendants, about 12,000, in reservations in Canada and New York are a peaceful people, have accepted English religion and culture, and have proved themselves skilful and industrious agriculturists.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. iroquois

   The name given by the French to the Indian confederacy of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, to which were afterwards added the Tuscaroras, after being driven from their hunting-grounds in North Carolina. This once formidable confederacy is now nearly extinguished, but remnants of it are still found scattered through the State of New York.

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How to pronounce Iroquois?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Iroquois in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Iroquois in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Iroquois in a Sentence

1. Rachel Blanchard:

   Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Iroquois
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Iroquois
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Iroquois
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Iroquois
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Iroquois
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html