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Oneida

[ oh-nahy-duh ]

noun

, plural O·nei·das, (especially collectively) O·nei·da
  1. a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
  2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida Indians.
  3. a city in central New York.


Oneida

/ əʊˈnaɪdə /

noun

  1. Lake Oneida
    a lake in central New York State: part of the New York State Barge Canal system. Length: about 35 km (22 miles). Greatest width: 9 km (6 miles)
  2. the Oneida
    functioning as plural a North American Indian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples
  3. a member of this people
  4. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Oneida1

From the Oneida word onę·yóteʔ erected stone, the name of the main Oneida settlement, at successive locations, near which, traditionally, a large syenite boulder always appeared
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Oneida1

from Iroquois onēyóte', literally: standing stone
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Example Sentences

Mr. Garnett is a graduate of Oneida Institute, a speaker of great pathetic eloquence, and has written several valuable pamphlets.

I answer for the four classes of my nation, and I say that Oneida shall go free!

It was an Oneida symbol; but, of course, my scouts had not set it up.

The result was that the Oneida chiefs signed a treaty inaugurating the Kayanerenh Kowa.

But the Oneida experiment was too bold and strange a departure to influence the general development of modern civilization.

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