Iroquois
Syllabification: (Ir·o·quois)
Pronunciation: /ˈirəˌkwoi/
Definition of Iroquois
noun ( plural same)
- 1a member of a former confederacy of North American Indian peoples originally comprising the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca peoples (known as the Five Nations), and later including also the Tuscarora (thus forming the Six Nations).
adjective
Origin:
mid 17th century: French, perhaps a term from a Basque-Algonquian pidgin h)irokoa 'killer people', from Basque ((h)ilo 'kill'+ koa 'person'