Cayuga

[ key-yoo-guh, kahy- ]

noun

, plural Ca·yu·gas, (especially collectively) Ca·yu·ga.

1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians, 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.

Cayuga

/ keɪˈjuːɡə; kaɪ- /

noun

1. -gas-ga 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cayuga¹

1735–45, Americanism; < Cayuga *kayo·kwę, name of a 17th-century village; compare Cayuga kayokwęhó˙nǫʔ Cayuga (people) (or < a related form in another N Iroquoian language)

Example Sentences

Tulley owned the “I’m Stuck” and “Weed Warehouse” businesses in Cayuga, Oswego and Wayne counties in western New York.

From Seattle Times

“It didn’t make sense because you use them once and throw them out,” said Hans Pfister, the president and co-founder of Cayuga Collection, the hotel group that manages the resort, which took housekeeping’s advice.

From New York Times

There was a time when the United States worked with the Haudenosaunee, the confederacy that includes the Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Tuscarora, Mohawk and Seneca nations, as the fledgling government sought to defuse conflicts in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War.

From Seattle Times

New York’s Cayuga Lake Wine Trail is promoting “Sips to the Eclipse” for the weekend ahead of April 8.

From Seattle Times

In 2023, the former Cedar View Golf course, on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in upstate New York, was bought by the Finger Lakes Land Trust.

From Seattle Times