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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.
2. 2
   the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga wordnet
3. 3
   a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The language of the Onondaga people.
2. 2
   An ancient village of the Onondaga people in what is now in upstate New York that served as the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy.
3. 3
   A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms

onondaga languageonoñda'gegá'onoñda’gegá’onųdaʔgegáʔonųdaʔgegáʔ

Etymology

Borrowed from Onondaga Onöñda’gaga’. Compare Seneca Onödowáʼga:.

Related phrases

Onondaga Countynative americannew yorkonondaga county

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