Onondaga

On·on·da·ga  (nn-dôg, -dä-, -d-)

n. pl. Onondaga or On·on·da·gas

1.

a. 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.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.

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

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Onon·dagan adj.

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Onondaga [ˌɒnənˈdɑːgə]

n

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

2. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -gas, -ga a member of a North American Indian Iroquois people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the St Lawrence River

3. (Linguistics / 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)]

Thesaurus

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