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Oneida

/oʊˈnaɪdə/

Oneida noun: a member of a tribe of Native Americans formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in New York, now often found in modern New York, Wisconsin, or Canada.

Noun

Oneida (plural Oneidas or Oneida)

  1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in New York, now often found in modern New York, Wisconsin, or Canada.

Proper noun

Oneida

  1. Their Iroquoian language.
    • “taktsiʼkwáni” is Oneida for “kiss me”.
    Synonyms:
    Ukwehuwehnéha
  2. A lake and river in New York.
  3. A city in Madison County, New York.

Synonyms of Oneida

Forms of Oneida

pluralOneidas
pluralOneida

Origin of Oneida

Derived from Oneida Onyota'a꞉ka (“men of upright stones”); also spelled Onʌyoteˀa·ká·.

Words formed from Oneida

Words that rhyme with Oneida

Questions about Oneida

What does Oneida mean?
Oneida means a member of a tribe of Native Americans formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in New York, now often found in modern New York, Wisconsin, or Canada.
What part of speech is Oneida?
Oneida can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Oneida?
Oneida is pronounced /oʊˈnaɪdə/.
What is the plural of Oneida?
The plural of Oneida is Oneidas.

Words near Oneida in the dictionary

  1. onehandedness
  2. onehead
  3. onehood
  4. Onehouse
  5. Onehunga
  6. Oneida
  7. Oneida County
  8. Oneidas
  9. Oneider
  10. Oneiders
  11. Oneika

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