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English
[edit]Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution
Etymology
[edit]From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”.[1] The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanien'kehá:ka (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mohawk (plural Mohawks or Mohawk) (either plural for the indigenous people; plural "Mohawks" in all other senses)
- A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
- A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
- (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]- (indigenous person): Note: These are translations for the plural.
indigenous people of North America
hairstyle
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Proper noun
[edit]Mohawk
- The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
- Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
Translations
[edit]Iroquoian language
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 16
Further reading
[edit]Mohawk people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mohawk River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mohawk language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mohawk hairstyle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Mohawk, moh
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Narragansett Muh-heck.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Mohawk
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