Iroquois

See also iroquois

English

Etymology

French, from Algonquian Irinakhoiw, literally, 'real adders'.

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪr.ə.kwɔɪ/, X-SAMPA: /"Ir.@.kwOI/

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Proper noun

Iroquois

1. A confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.
2. A person belonging to one of these tribes.
3. Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
4. A kind of hairdo, where both sides of the head are shaved leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle.

Translations

confederacy of five Native American tribes

• Finnish: irokeesiliitto
• German: Irokesen pl, Haudenosaunee
• Marathi: इरोक्वा (mr) (irokvā)
• Polish: Irokezi

• Portuguese: iroqueses (pt) m pl
• Russian: ирокезы (ru) (irokézy) pl
• Saterland Frisian: Irokesen pl

a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe

• Dutch: Irokees (nl) m
• Finnish: irokeesi (fi)
• German: Irokese (de) m
• Marathi: इरोक्वा (mr) (irokvā)

• Polish: Irokez m
• Portuguese: iroquês (pt) m, iroquesa (pt) f
• Russian: ирокез (ru) (irokéz) m
• Saterland Frisian: Irokesen pl

any of the Iroquois languages

• Dutch: Irokese taal (nl) f
• Finnish: irokeesikieli (fi)
• German: Irokesische Sprachen

• Marathi: इरोक्वा (mr) (irokvā) f
• Polish: irokeski m
• Portuguese: iroquês (pt) m

hairdo

• Dutch: hanenkam (nl) m
• Finnish: irokeesikampaus (fi), irokeesitukka (fi), irokeesi (fi)
• German: Irokesenschnitt m, (slang) Iro m

• Polish: irokez m
• Portuguese: moicano (pt) m