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| On·on·da·ga [ ònnən dáwgə, ònnən dgə, ònnən dáygə ] (plural On·on·da·ga or On·on·da·gas) |
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1. member of Native American people: a member of a Native North American people who originally occupied lands in central New York and whose members mainly continue to live there, as well as in Ontario. The Onondaga were one of the five peoples who formed the Iroquois Confederacy, which later became known as the Six Nations.
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2. Native American language: the Iroquoian language of the Onondaga people
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| [Late 17th century. < Onondaga onṓṭà?ke, the main Onondaga settlement] |
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 On·on·da·ga adjective |
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