tuscarora
pronunciation
How to pronounce tuscarora in British English:
UK [, tʌskə'rɔ:rə; -'rəu-]
How to pronounce tuscarora in American English:
US [, tʌskə'rorɚ]
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- Noun:
- a member of a Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York state and joined the Iroquois
- the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora people
Word Origin
- Tuscarora
- Iroquoian people originally inhabiting what is now North Carolina, 1640s, from Catawba (Siouan) /taskarude:/, literally "dry-salt eater," a folk-etymologizing of the people's name for themselves, Tuscarora (Iroquoian) /skaru:re/, literally "hemp-gatherers."