English Explanatory Dictionary

Five Nations

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
  2. Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).
  3. Synonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)

Word forms

Five Nations 5 Nations

Synonyms

Five Civilized Tribes

Related words

Six Nations Five Nations Iroquois
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