Iroquois
pronunciation
How to pronounce Iroquois in British English:
UK [ˈirəkwɔi,ˈirəkwɔiz]
How to pronounce Iroquois in American English:
US [ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ]
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- Noun:
- any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
- a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois peoples
Word Origin
- Iroquois
- 1660s, from French (c. 1600); not an Iroquoian word, perhaps from an Algonquian language. Related: Iroquoian.
Example
- 1. Among the iroquois , the functions of the phratry are partly social , partly religious .
- 2. According to tradition , he founded the iroquois confederacy with hiawatha .
- 3. Her exotic good looks may derive from her mixed ancestry which is czech , french-canadian , iroquois and english .
- 4. French explorers saw members of the iroquois native american tribe make popcorn with heated sand in a clay container .
- 5. The iroquois were still very far from controlling nature , but within the limits imposed on them by natural forces they did control their own production .