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ONEIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oneida mean?
• ONEIDA (noun)
The noun ONEIDA has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida
Familiarity information: ONEIDA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Oneida" 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 Oneida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Oneida" is a kind of...):
Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)
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