Tuscarora

American  

[tuhs-kuh-rawr-uh, -rohr-uh] / ˌtʌs kəˈrɔr ə, -ˈroʊr ə /

noun

plural

Tuscaroras,

plural

Tuscarora

1. a member of an Indian people living originally in North Carolina and later, after their admission into the Iroquois confederacy, in New York.

2. an Iroquoian language, the language of the Tuscarora people.

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Tuscarora British  

/ ˌtʌskəˈrɔːrə /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in North Carolina, who later moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois

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

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Example Sentences

Addison played football at Tuscarora High in Frederick, Md., before spending the first two years of his college career at the University of Pittsburgh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

In upstate New York, bilingual highway signs in the languages of the Seneca, Onondaga and Tuscarora tribes border highways and their reservations.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2023

"One we grow is Seneca white corn, also known as Iroquois white corn or Tuscarora white corn," Nelson explains, along with Buffalo Creek squash, from the reservation of the same name.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2023

Grace Middleton, Tuscarora: The senior guard averaged 21.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 steals in the Huskies’ 3-0 week, which included a 71-59 victory over previously undefeated Woodgrove.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

My favorite rocks to find were geodes, which Monyaid came from the volcanoes that had erupted to form the Tuscarora Mountains millions of years ago, during the Miocene period.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls