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Cayuga

/kəˈjuːɡə/

Cayuga noun: a member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Noun

Cayuga (plural Cayugas or Cayuga)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  2. A duck of an American domestic breed having black plumage with iridescent green highlights.

Proper noun

Cayuga

  1. The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
  2. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
  4. A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
  5. A city in North Dakota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Texas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Forms of Cayuga

pluralCayugas
pluralCayuga

Origin of Cayuga

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)

Words formed from Cayuga

Questions about Cayuga

What does Cayuga mean?
Cayuga means a member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.
What part of speech is Cayuga?
Cayuga can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cayuga?
Cayuga is pronounced /kəˈjuːɡə/.
What is the plural of Cayuga?
The plural of Cayuga is Cayugas.

Words near Cayuga in the dictionary

  1. cayuca
  2. cayucas
  3. Cayucay
  4. cayuco
  5. cayucos
  6. Cayuga
  7. Cayuga County
  8. Cayugan
  9. Cayugas
  10. cayuse
  11. Cayuse physa

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