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Ir⋅o⋅quois

  [ir-uh-kwoi, -kwoiz] noun, plural -quois, adjective
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–noun
1. a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
–adjective
2. belonging or relating to the Iroquois or their tribes.
Origin:
1660–70, Americanism; < F: adaptation of an unidentified term in an Algonquian language
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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 
1666, from Fr., probably from an Algonquian language.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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