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Noun

1. 1
   a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations) wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A confederacy of five Native American tribes, the Iroquois.

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five nationsleague of iroquoissix nations