O·nei·da 1 ( -n  d )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. [Oneida on  ·yóte , erected stone, a village name.] |
| 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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