a member of a Native American people (one of the Iroquois peoples) formerly living around Cayuga Lake
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
Cayuga in American English
(keiˈjuːɡə, kai-)
nounWord forms: plural-gas or esp collectively -ga
1.
a member of a Native American tribe, the smallest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy
2.
the dialect of the Seneca language spoken by the Cayuga
3. Also called: Cayuga duck
one of an American breed of domestic ducks having black plumage
Word origin
[1735–45, Amer.; ‹ Cayuga *kayo⋅kwę, name of a 17th-century village; cf. Cayuga kayokwęhó⸳nǫɂ Cayuga (people) (or ‹ a related form in another N Iroquoian language)]