Definition of Onondaga

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On·on·da·ga

(

n-dô

, -dä

-, -d

-) KEY

NOUN:
pl. Onondaga or On·on·da·gas

1. 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.
2. A member of this people.
The Iroquoian language of the Onondaga.

ETYMOLOGY:
Onondaga onó·tà'ke, on the hill, a village name

OTHER FORMS:
Onon·dagan(Adjective)

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