Cayuga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

name

The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
A city in North Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Texas.
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

/kəˈjuːɡə/

Cayuga Cayugas

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)

Wiktionary’s coverage of Cayuga terms

Cayuga County

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