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Kanienkehaka

Kanienkehaka noun: the Mohawk people.

Noun

Kanienkehaka pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Mohawk people.
    • Tribal names are less contentious, though the word “tribe” itself is used principally in the United States. The Mohawk people, or Kanienkehaka (Kanien'kehá:ka), meaning “people of the flint,” are properly understood as the easternmost of the Six Nations […]2011, Harry Swain, Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy, page xii

Proper noun

Kanienkehaka

  1. The Mohawk language.

Origin of Kanienkehaka

Borrowed from Mohawk Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the autonym (name for themselves).

Questions about Kanienkehaka

What does Kanienkehaka mean?
Kanienkehaka means the Mohawk people.
What part of speech is Kanienkehaka?
Kanienkehaka can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Kanienkehaka in the dictionary

  1. Kania
  2. Kanias
  3. Kanich
  4. Kanien'kehá:ka
  5. Kanien'kéha
  6. Kanienkehaka
  7. Kaniere
  8. Kanifinolhu
  9. Kanifushi
  10. kanikanik
  11. Kanimbla

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