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The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
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noun
A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
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noun
A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mohawk, Iroquois, Mohican
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noun
A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mohawk haircut
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Broader terms: haircut
noun
the Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
noun
a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Iroquois
History
From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).
Across languages
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