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Iroquoian
[ ir-uh-kwoi-uhn ]
noun
- a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.
- of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Iroquoian1
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Example Sentences
In the Muskogian area the blow-gun is found, and its use extended also to some of the Iroquoian tribes (Cherokee, &c.).
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The pottery of the Iroquoian and Algonkian tribes of the north-east was, as a rule, rather crude and undeveloped.
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In this Algonkian, Iroquoian and Siouan tribes have participated.
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The Iroquoian tribes designate this mysterious force orenda.
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They surrounded the Iroquoian tribes of the north, and, at various places came in contact with members of other stocks.
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