单词 | cayuga |
释义 | Cayugan. 1. One of the five (later six) tribes of the Iroquoian confederation of North American Indians; a member of this tribe. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of North-Eastern America > [noun] > Iroquois peoples > five or six nations > members of Maqua1616 Mohawk1634 Seneca1664 Oneida1666 Onondaga1677 Tuscarora1713 Cayuga1744 1744 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 722 The several Nations had drawn for the performance of the Ceremony and the Lot falling on the Cayogo Nation. 1792 Affecting Hist. F. Manheim 34 A number of..Cayugas will commence hostilities. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. vii. 143 They [sc. the Iroquois] consisted of the tribes..of the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas; who ranked, in the confederation, in the order with which they are named. 1969 Observer 25 May (Colour Suppl.) 53/3 Farther west were the Cayuga, a small group. 2. The Iroquoian language of this tribe. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Iroquoian > Iroquoian languages Mohawk1754 Cherokee1761 Huron1776 Nottoway1830 Wyandot1837 Onondaga1887 Cayuga1933 Oneida1933 Tuscarora1933 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The languages of the Iroquois type (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, [etc.]). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1744 |
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