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Ir·o·quois   (ĭr'ə-kwoi')   
n.   pl. Iroquois (-kwoi', -kwoiz')

    1. A Native American confederacy inhabiting New York State and originally composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples, known as the Five Nations. After 1722 the confederacy was joined by the Tuscaroras to form the Six Nations. Also called Iroquois League.

    2. A member of this confederacy or of any of its peoples.

  2. Any or all of the languages of the Iroquois.


[Origin unknown.]
Ir'o·quois' adj.
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Iroquois League [(ir-uh-kwoy)]

A confederacy of Native American tribes in upper New York state, dating to the sixteenth century.

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