Iroquoian

[ ir-uh-kwoi-uhn ]

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.
2. of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Iroquoian¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; Iroquois + -an

Example Sentences

In the Muskogian area the blow-gun is found, and its use extended also to some of the Iroquoian tribes (Cherokee, &c.).

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The pottery of the Iroquoian and Algonkian tribes of the north-east was, as a rule, rather crude and undeveloped.

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In this Algonkian, Iroquoian and Siouan tribes have participated.

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The Iroquoian tribes designate this mysterious force orenda.

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They surrounded the Iroquoian tribes of the north, and, at various places came in contact with members of other stocks.

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