Oneida

O·nei·da ¹  (-nd)

n. pl. Oneida or O·nei·das

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting central New York south of Oneida Lake, with present-day populations in Wisconsin, New York, and Ontario. The Oneida are one of the original members of the Iroquois confederacy.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Oneida.

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[Oneida on·yóte, erected stone, a village name.]

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O·nei·da ²  (-nd)

A city of central New York east-northeast of Syracuse. The Oneida Community, a Utopian society established in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes, was nearby. It prospered through its manufacture of silverware and was reorganized in 1881 as a joint stock company. Population: 10,900.

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Oneida [əʊˈnaɪdə]

n pl -das, -da

1. (Placename) Lake. a lake in central New York State: part of the New York State Barge Canal system. Length: about 35 km (22 miles). Greatest width: 9 km (6 miles)

2. (Social Science / Peoples) (preceded by the; functioning as plural) a North American Indian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples

3. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of this people

4. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

[from Iroquois onēyóte', literally: standing stone]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Oneida - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario 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.	Oneida - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois