Onondagas

On·on·da·ga

 (ŏn′ən-dô′gə, -dä′-, -dā′-)

n. pl. Onondaga or On·on·da·gas

1. A member of 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.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.

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

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On′on·da′gan adj.

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