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On⋅on⋅da⋅ga

  [on-uhn-daw-guh, -dah-, -dey-]
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–noun, plural -gas, (especially collectively) -ga for 1.
1. a member of a tribe of Iroquoian Indians formerly inhabiting the region of Onondaga Lake.
2. the dialect of the Seneca language spoken by these Indians.
3. Lake, a salt lake in central New York. 5 mi. (8 km) long; 1 mi. (1.6 km) wide.
Origin:
< Onondaga onǫ́⋅tàʔke on the hill, the name of the main Onondaga town, at successive locations

Related forms:
On⋅on⋅da⋅gan, adjective
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On·on·da·ga   (ŏn'ən-dô'gə, -dä'-, -dā'-)   
n.   pl. Onondaga or On·on·da·gas

    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the eastern Finger Lakes region of west-central New York, with present-day populations in this same area and in southeast Ontario. The Onondaga are one of the original members of the Iroquois confederacy.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.


[Onondaga onó·ɴtà'ke, on the hill, a village name.]
On'on·da'gan adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Onondaga 
tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy, 1684, named for its principal settlement, from Onondaga onontake, lit. "on the hill."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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