SIX NATIONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Six Nations mean? 

• SIX NATIONS (noun)
  The noun SIX NATIONS 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: SIX NATIONS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIX NATIONS (noun)

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 ("Six Nations" is a kind of...):

league (an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action)