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Oneida
//oʊˈnaɪdə// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Their Iroquoian language.
"“taktsiʼkwáni” is Oneida for “kiss me”."
- 2 A lake and river in New York.
- 3 A city in Madison County, New York.
Noun
- 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 the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida wordnet
- 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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