Onondaga
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Onondaga /ˌɒnənˈdɑːgə/
▶noun (pl. same or Onondagas)
- 1 a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting an area near Syracuse, New York.
- 2 the extinct Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.
– origin from the Iroquoian name of their main settlement, lit. ‘on the hill’.
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