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Iroquoian

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Iroquoian
/ir'euh kwoy"euhn/, n.
1. a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Iroquois people.
3. of or belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages.
[1690-1700; IROQUOIS + -AN]

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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