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CAYUGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cayuga mean?
• CAYUGA (noun)
The noun CAYUGA has 2 senses:
1. a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga
Familiarity information: CAYUGA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Cayuga" is a kind of...):
Iroquois (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Cayuga" is a kind of...):
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)
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