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LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does League of Iroquois mean?
• LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS (noun)
The noun LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS 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: LEAGUE OF IROQUOIS 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 ("League of Iroquois" is a kind of...):
league (an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action)
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