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Meaning 1
The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
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Cayuga
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/kəˈjuːɡə/
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
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Meaning 3
A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
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Meaning 4
A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
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Meaning 5
A city in North Dakota.
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Meaning 6
An unincorporated community in Illinois.
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Meaning 7
An unincorporated community in Texas.
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An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 9
A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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noun
Meaning 10
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga
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Broader terms: Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
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Meaning 11
a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State
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Broader terms: Iroquois
History
Etymology
Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)
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