Cayuga
noun
a member of a tribe of North American Indians, the smallest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Cayugas
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pluralof Cayuga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ranged across what is now upstate New York, the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas had recently forged a “covenant chain” of alliance with several English colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Cayugas knew me as a belt-bearer from Sir William; they could not ill-treat me.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Iroquois, or People of the Long House, including the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, were enemies of the Algonquin tribes and hostile to the French.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth
The Senecas and a few of the Cayugas were the only members of the confederacy who took part in the war.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
I conceived the idea of procuring some of the best stock possible of Rouens, Aylesburys, Cayugas, and crossing them on the Pekins, with the object of increasing the size and precocity.
From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin
