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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of the Iroquois people.
2. 2
   a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to a Native American language family including the Iroquois and Cherokee.

Synonyms

All synonyms

iroquoian languageiroquoislanguage

Example

More examples

"The name Canada comes from the Iroquoian word kanata, which means "village" or "settlement"."

Etymology

From Iroquois + -an.

Related phrases

language familynative american

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