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IROQUOIS LEAGUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Iroquois League mean?
• IROQUOIS LEAGUE (noun)
The noun IROQUOIS LEAGUE has 1 sense:
1. a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
Familiarity information: IROQUOIS LEAGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Five Nations; Iroquois League; League of Iroquois; Six Nations
Hypernyms ("Iroquois League" is a kind of...):
league (an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action)
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