English Explanatory Dictionary

orenda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mystical power thought by the Iroquois to pervade all things.

Pronunciation

/ɔˈɹɛn.də/ /oʊˈɹɛn.də/

Word forms

orenda

Etymology

Supposedly coined in 1902 by American ethnologist John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt using a Wyandot (Iroquoian) cognate to Mohawk orę́·naʔ (“inherent power”).

Related words

mana wakan
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