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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ca•yu•ga (kā yo̅o̅′gə, kī-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gas, (esp. collectively) -ga. - a member of a tribe of North American Indians, the smallest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- Language Varietiesthe dialect of the Seneca language spoken by the Cayuga.
- BirdsAlso called Cayu′ga duck′. one of an American breed of domestic ducks having black plumage.
- a related form in another north, northern Iroquoian language)
- Cayuga *kayo·kwę, name of a 17th-century village; compare Cayuga kayokwęhó·nǫʔ Cayuga (people) (or
- 1735–45, American.
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