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, -ˌkwɔɪz /

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

Etymology

Origin of Iroquois

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

Example Sentences

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Iroquois

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

They were discovered in the Walcott-Rust Quarry located in upstate New York near Trenton Falls; a region originally inhabited by the Iroquois tribe.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

The book tells the story of how the five Iroquois Nations of what would become known as North America laid down their arms, and made peace after many years of war.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, sometimes referred to as the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, developed in what is now the northeastern part of the United States.

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