Hiawatha

American  

[hahy-uh-woth-uh, -waw-thuh, hee-uh-] / ˌhaɪ əˈwɒθ ə, -ˈwɔ θə, ˌhi ə- /

noun

1. the central figure of The Song of Hiawatha (1855), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: named after a legendary Indian chief, fl. c1570.

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Hiawatha British  

/ ˌhaɪəˈwɒθə /

noun

1. a 16th-century Onondaga Indian chief: credited with the organization of the Five Nations

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Hiawatha Cultural  

1. An actual Native American chief of the sixteenth century. In legends, he is the husband of Minnehaha. He urged peace between his people and the European settlers.

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The legend of Hiawatha is best known through the poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Example Sentences

Taking his testimony into libraries and classrooms, Robertson wrote a children's book in 2015, with illustrator David Shannon, "Hiawatha and the Peacemaker."

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2023

Arthur Lee Jacobson, known as “Mr. Tree” for the 1989 and 2006 editions of his encyclopedic book, “Trees of Seattle,” embraces Hiawatha because trees were integral to its conception, not “an incidental afterthought.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

From May through late October, guests make the journey to the “camp” in the Hiawatha National Forest to dine on Regan’s hyperlocal cooking.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2023

Hiawatha could benefit from the new federal infrastructure funding for charging stations, which have to be within a mile of the interstate.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Dvorak abandoned the Hiawatha project but claimed to have absorbed research he had conducted for it into his musical thinking for the symphony.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall