Onondaga

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Onondaga Onöñda’gaga’. Compare Seneca Onödowáʼga:.

Noun[edit]

Onondaga (plural Onondagas or Onondaga)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.

Proper noun[edit]

Onondaga

  1. The language of the Onondaga people.
  2. An ancient village of the Onondaga people in what is now in upstate New York that served as the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  3. A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

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