Iroquois

American  

[ir-uh-kwoi, -kwoiz] / ˈɪr əˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz /

noun

• Iroquois
  plural

1. a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.

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adjective

1. belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.

Iroquois British  

/ ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ /

noun

1. a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living between the Hudson River and the St Lawrence and Lake Erie See also Five Nations Six Nations

2. any of the Iroquoian languages

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Iroquois, their language, or their culture

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Iroquois
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Iroquois

1660–70, < French: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language

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Example Sentences

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Iroquois

In “Empire and Frontier,” Samuel Marquis focuses on the conflict’s tumultuous consequences for England’s colony of New York, and for its northern neighbors, the Five Nations of the Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Smith's football journey began aged five when she joined Whitby Iroquois SC, and she made her debut in the Canada youth set-up at 12.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

Matrilineal avuncularity is known from a few ethnographic and historical examples, he notes, such as the Iroquois of North America, and is often unrelated to concerns about female fidelity.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024

It’s the same concept, which stems from the conservation philosophy from the Iroquois Confederacy, the First Governance.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024

Initial allegiances shifted as the war went on, but in the end, all six of the Iroquois nations were seen as a threat to the separatists.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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