(formerly) a confederacy of Native American peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
Also called: Iroquois. See also Six Nations
Five Nations in American English
US
the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas as a group, constituting an early confederation of Iroquoian peoples