Iroquois

Iroquois
noun (plural Iroquois) Etymology: French, probably of Algonquian origin Date: 1666 1. plural an American Indian confederacy originally of New York consisting of the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca and later including the Tuscarora 2. a member of any of the Iroquois peoples

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  • Iroquois — • A noted confederacy of five, and afterwards six, cognate tribes of Iroquoian stock, and closely cognate languages, formerly occupying central New York, and claiming right of conquest over nearly all the tribes from Hudson Bay to Tennessee River …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • iroquois — iroquois, oise [ irɔkwa, waz ] adj. et n. • 1605 Irocois; déform. d un mot algonquin « vraies vipères » 1 ♦ Qui appartient à une peuplade indienne de l Amérique du Nord, vivant près des Grands Lacs. N. Un Iroquois. L iroquois : famille de langues …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Iroquois — ist die französische und englische Bezeichnung für einen Völkerbund nordamerikanischer Ureinwohner; siehe Irokesen die Sprachen dieses Völkerbundes; siehe Irokesische Sprachen Weiterhin bezeichnet Iroquois den leichten US Mehrzweckhubschrauber… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • iroquois — iroquois, oise (i ro koî, koî z ) s. m. et f. 1°   Nom d une peuplade sauvage de l Amérique du nord. 2°   Fig. et familièrement. Celui, celle dont la conduite ou les paroles sont peu conformes au bon sens ou au bon usage. C est un Iroquois. Quel… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Iroquois — Iroquois, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 207 Housing Units (2000): 94 Land area (2000): 0.598121 sq. miles (1.549127 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.598121 sq. miles (1.549127… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Iroquois — [ir′ə kwoi΄] n. [Fr, prob. < an Algonquian language ] 1. pl. Iroquois [ir′əkwoi΄, ir′əkwoiz΄] a member of a confederation of Iroquoian Indian peoples that lived in upstate New York and included the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks …   English World dictionary

  • Iroquois, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 207 Housing Units (2000): 94 Land area (2000): 0.598121 sq. miles (1.549127 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.598121 sq. miles (1.549127 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Iroquois, SD — U.S. city in South Dakota Population (2000): 278 Housing Units (2000): 121 Land area (2000): 0.533636 sq. miles (1.382111 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.533636 sq. miles (1.382111 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Iroquois — Ir o*quois , n. sing. & pl. [F.] (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Iroquois — (spr. Eirokiehs), 1) Grafschaft im Staate Illinois (Nordamerika); 68 QM., von den Kankakee u. Iroquois Rivers durchflossen; große Prairien; Producte: Mais, Weizen, Hafer; die Chicago Zweigbahn der Illinois Central Eisenbahn durchschneidet die… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Iroquois — (franz., spr. kŭá; Engländer und Amerikaner sprechen; irre kwēū), Volk, s. Irokesen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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