onondagas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
    Onondaga.
  2. noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
    Onondaga.

WordNet


On`on*da"gas noun plural
Wordforms
singular Onondaga
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.

Webster 1913