Iroquese

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Iroquois obsolete

    "[…] Frontenac, now Kingston, was situated on Lake Ontario, which, as Hennepin tells us, was called by the Iroquese, Kanandario, which means “very pretty lake,” and where the deep clear waters of that most safely navigable of all the great lakes of this continent, the source of North America’s chiefest natural wealth, are gathered into a very narrow outlet; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of Iroquois not-comparable, obsolete

    "“There was an Iroquese captain,” says Hennepin “who, one day wanting his bowl, entered into the town of Montreal, in Canada, crying ‘Hai! hai!’ which, in their language, is the sign of peace; he was received with many caresses of kindness.”"

Example

More examples

"[…] Frontenac, now Kingston, was situated on Lake Ontario, which, as Hennepin tells us, was called by the Iroquese, Kanandario, which means “very pretty lake,” and where the deep clear waters of that most safely navigable of all the great lakes of this continent, the source of North America’s chiefest natural wealth, are gathered into a very narrow outlet; […]"

Etymology

From French Iroquois.

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