Cayuga

[ key-yoo-guh, kahy- ]

noun,plural Ca·yu·gas, (especially collectively) Ca·yu·ga.
  1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians, the smallest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy.

  2. the dialect of the Seneca language spoken by the Cayuga.

  1. Also called Cayuga duck . one of an American breed of domestic ducks having black plumage.

Origin of Cayuga

1
1735–45, Americanism;<Cayuga *kayo·kwę, name of a 17th-century village; compare Cayuga kayokwęhó˙nǫʔCayuga (people) (or < a related form in another N Iroquoian language)

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Cayuga

/ (keɪˈjuːɡə, kaɪ-) /


noun
  1. plural -gas or -ga a member of a Native American people (one of the Iroquois peoples) formerly living around Cayuga Lake

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

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