Cayuga

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Etymology

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (they live in the big swamp)

Pronunciation

Noun

Cayuga (plural Cayugas or Cayuga)

  1. An indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

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Cayuga

  1. The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
  2. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
  4. A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
  5. A city in North Dakota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
  7. An unincorporated community in Texas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.