Oneida

American  

[oh-nahy-duh] / oʊˈnaɪ də /

noun

plural

Oneidas,

plural

Oneida

1. a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.

2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida Indians.

3. a city in central New York.

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Oneida British  

/ əʊˈnaɪdə /

noun

1. a lake in central New York State: part of the New York State Barge Canal system. Length: about 35 km (22 miles). Greatest width: 9 km (6 miles)

2. (functioning as plural) a North American Indian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples

3. a member of this people

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

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Etymology

Origin of Oneida

From the Oneida word onę·yóteʔ erected stone, the name of the main Oneida settlement, at successive locations, near which, traditionally, a large syenite boulder always appeared

Example Sentences

Out of money, Charles borrowed from his father and his sister and futilely tried to sue the Oneida Community for money he said they owed him.

From Literature

It was heavily plagiarized from a work written thirty years earlier by the Oneida Community’s founder.

From Literature

Others in the Oneida commune regarded him as moody, swinging from spirited to sullen within minutes.

From Literature

In 1860, when he was not yet nineteen, his devout father urged him to join a religious commune in Oneida, New York, run by a man his father admired.

From Literature

Over the years Deganawidah and Ayenwatha persuaded the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, and Mohawk to form an alliance instead of constantly fighting.

From Literature