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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Haudenosaunee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhəʊ.də.nəʊˈʃəʊ.ni/ (UK)
  • /ˈhoʊ.də.noʊˈʃoʊ.ni/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Seneca Hodínöhšö꞉ni꞉h, meaning "the longhouse builders": an autonym shared among the Six Nations.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) the Iroquois people collectively.

Relateds

longhouse · Ganonsyoni

Translations (5)

cay Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih (the Iroquois people collectively) · ono Ganųhcyų́·nih (the Iroquois people collectively) · see Hodínöhšö:ni:h (the Iroquois people collectively) · tus Akunęhsyę̀·niˀ (the Iroquois people collectively) · moh Rotinonshón꞉ni (the Iroquois people collectively)