Akwesasne

//ˌækwəˈsæsneɪ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Mohawk territory at the triple point of the US state of New York and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, lying astride the international boundary; jurisdictionally split between the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation in New York, the Akwesasne 59 in Ontario and the Akwesasne 15 in Quebec.

Etymology

From Mohawk Ahkwesáhsne.

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