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Mo·hawk1  (m   hôk  ) KEY NOUN: pl. Mohawk or Mo·hawks
- A Native American people formerly inhabiting northeast New York along the Mohawk and upper Hudson valleys north to the St. Lawrence River, with present-day populations chiefly in southern Ontario and extreme northern New York. The Mohawk were the easternmost member of the Iroquois confederacy.
- A member of this people.
- The Iroquoian language of the Mohawk.
ETYMOLOGY:Narragansett Mohowaúg
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