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On·on·da·ga

(ŏn′ən-dô′gə, -dä′-, -dā′-)

n. pl. Onondaga or On·on·da·gas

1. A member of 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. The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.

[Onondaga onó·Ntà'ke, on the hill, a village name.]

On′on·da′gan adj.

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Onondaga

(ˌɒnənˈdɑːɡə)

npl -gas or -ga

1. (Placename) Lake Onondaga a salt lake in central New York State. Area: about 13 sq km (5 sq miles)

2. (Peoples) a member of a North American Indian Iroquois people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the St Lawrence River

3. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

[from Iroquois onõtáge', literally: on the top of the hill (the name of their principal village)]

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On•on•da•ga

(ˌɒn ənˈdɔ gə, -ˈdɑ-, -ˈdeɪ-)

n., pl. -gas, (esp. collectively) -ga.

1. a member of an American Indian people of central New York: one of the Iroquois Five Nations.

2. the Iroquoian language of the Onondagas.

[1675–85, Amer.; < Onondaga onó·tàˀke on the hill, the name of the main Onondaga town]

On`on•da′gan, adj.

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Noun	1.	Onondaga - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
	2.	Onondaga - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois

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"Them careless imps, the Mohawks, with their Tuscarora and Onondaga brethren, have been here slaking their thirst," he muttered, "and the vagabonds have thrown away the gourd!

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