onondaga
IPA: ɑnʌndˈɔgʌ
Root Word: Onondaga
noun
- A member of a Native American tribe originally inhabiting Onondaga County, New York.
- The language of the Onondaga people.
- An ancient village of the Onondaga people in what is now in upstate New York that served as the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
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Examples of "onondaga" in Sentences
- At that time it was home to the Onondaga tribe.
- It has nothing to do with the Onondaga Mohawk leader.
- The area was formerly controlled by the Onondaga tribe.
- Onondaga and Cortland Counties form the western border.
- Onondaga also finished 9th nationally in scoring offense.
- The territory was part of the lands of the Onondaga tribe.
- There are three series of pronominal prefixes in Onondaga.
- The Onondagas accused the soldiers of raping and killing the women.
- Specifically, this was territory of the Onondaga nation for many years.
- Onondaga Lake is bordered by many of the larger communities in the county.
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