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.

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