Oneida

//oʊˈnaɪdə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Their Iroquoian language.

    "“taktsiʼkwáni” is Oneida for “kiss me”."

  2. 2
    A lake and river in New York.
  3. 3
    A city in Madison County, New York.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a tribe of Native Americans formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in New York, now often found in modern New York, Wisconsin, or Canada.
  2. 2
    the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Derived from Oneida Onyota'a꞉ka (“men of upright stones”); also spelled Onʌyoteˀa·ká·.

Etymology 2

Derived from Oneida Onyota'a꞉ka (“men of upright stones”); also spelled Onʌyoteˀa·ká·.

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