Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the eastern Finger Lakes region of west-central New York, with present-day populations in this same area and in southeast Ontario. The Onondaga are one of the original members of the Iroquois confederacy.
- noun The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.
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- noun One of a
Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York. - proper noun Their
language .
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- noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Syracuse, health officials estimated that they would need $475,000 to vaccinate about 600 health workers at five hospitals in Onondaga County.
Archive 2003-01-01 2003
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I think I still have a trunk in Onondaga, New York.
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Times: -- The Onondaga is constructed wholly of iron.
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There is even a selection that dates back to when Syracuse was known as the Onondaga Pottery Company.
NYT > Home Page By RIMA SUQI 2012
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Clark's "Onondaga" -- a list of the original councillors in the Onondaga dialect, and also a copy, in the same dialect, of the "Condoling Song," which I had heard sung on the Canadian Reserve, and which I afterwards found in the Canienga Book of Rites.
The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856
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His God and Tayoga's Manitou were the same, and the spirits of the Onondaga were the same as his angels of divine power and mercy.
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Lennox, Willet and Tayoga fell asleep, one by one, and the Onondaga was the last to close his eyes.
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I make concession freely that the Onondaga is a most wonderful fellow, but he can't work miracles.
The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign 1890
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The Onondaga was a peerless runner, he had been gone long now, and what would he find at the base of the smoke?
The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign 1890
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Oneida is the son, and the Onondaga is the brother, of the
The Iroquois Book of Rites Horatio Hale 1856
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