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Onondaga

Onondaga noun: a member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.

Noun

Onondaga (plural Onondagas or Onondaga)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.
    Synonyms:
    Onoñda’gegá’, Onųdaʔgegáʔ

Proper noun

Onondaga

  1. The language of the Onondaga people.
  2. An ancient village of the Onondaga people in what is now in upstate New York that served as the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  3. A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

Synonyms of Onondaga

Forms of Onondaga

pluralOnondagas
pluralOnondaga

Origin of Onondaga

Borrowed from Onondaga Onöñda’gaga’. Compare Seneca Onödowáʼga:.

Words formed from Onondaga

Questions about Onondaga

What does Onondaga mean?
Onondaga means a member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.
What part of speech is Onondaga?
Onondaga can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Onondaga?
The plural of Onondaga is Onondagas.

Words near Onondaga in the dictionary

  1. onomatopœic
  2. onomatopœical
  3. onomatopœically
  4. onomomancy
  5. onomotopoetically
  6. Onondaga
  7. Onondaga County
  8. Onondagan
  9. Onondagans
  10. Onondagas
  11. ononin

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