name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.
2. 2
   the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga wordnet
3. 3
   a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
2. 2
   An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
3. 3
   A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
4. 4
   A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
5. 5
   A city in North Dakota.

Show 3 more definitions

6. 6
   An unincorporated community in Illinois.
7. 7
   An unincorporated community in Texas.
8. 8
   An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Synonyms

All synonyms

cayuga languagegayogo̱hó:nǫˀgayogo̱hó:nǫˀ

Etymology

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)

Related phrases

Cayuga Countyanderson countyashland countycayuga countyhaldimand countylivingston countynew yorknorth americanorth dakotasargent countyvermillion county

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.