Iroquois

[ ir-uh-kwoi, -kwoiz ]
/ ˈɪr əˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz /

noun, plural Ir·o·quois.

a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.

adjective

belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.

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Origin of Iroquois

1660–70, Americanism; < French: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language
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British Dictionary definitions for iroquois

Iroquois
/ (ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ, -ˌkwɔɪz) /

noun plural -quois

a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly living between the Hudson River and the St Lawrence and Lake ErieSee also Five Nations, Six Nations
any of the Iroquoian languages

adjective

of or relating to the Iroquois, their language, or their culture
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