ıroquois

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Definition of ıroquois in English Turkish dictionary

Bir Kızılderili federasyonunun ismi, bu federasyona tabi bir fert

Kargo/personel nakliyesi ve taarruz helikopteri desteği olarak kullanılan hafif tek motorlu helikopter, Bazı tiplerinde makineli tüfek ve hafif havadan karaya roketler vardır. UH-1 denir

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Definition of ıroquois in English English dictionary

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Iroquois

Any of the languages of the Iroquois, belonging to the Iroquoian family of languages

Iroquois

A confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League

Iroquois

A person belonging to one of these tribes

Iroquois

A kind of hairdo, where both sides of the head are shaved leaving only a stripe of hair in the middle

Iroquois

Any of six North American members of the Iroquois Confederacy living mostly in southern Ontario and Quebec, Can. , and in New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Oklahoma, U.S. The name Iroquois is a French derivation of Irinakhoiw, meaning "Rattlesnakes," their Algonquian enemy's epithet. They call themselves Hodenosaunee, meaning "People of the Longhouse." The Iroquois were semisedentary, practiced agriculture, palisaded their villages, and dwelled in longhouses that lodged many families. Women worked the fields and, when they became clan elders, helped determine the makeup of village councils. Men built houses, hunted, fished, and made war. Iroquoian mythology was largely preoccupied with supernatural aggression and cruelty, sorcery, torture, and cannibalism. Their formal religion consisted of agricultural festivals. Warfare was ingrained in Iroquois society, and war captives were often tortured for days or made permanent slaves. All together the various Iroquois tribes number about 70,000 members, with the Mohawk making up more than half that figure

Iroquois

{i} group of American Indian peoples which originally inhabited the Hudson River Valley of the United States (includes the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, and Onondaga tribes); member of one of the Iroquois tribes

Iroquois Confederacy

or League of the Iroquois Confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York that in the 17th-18th century played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for supremacy in North America. The five original nations were the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca; the Tuscarora, a non-voting member, joined in 1722. According to tradition, the confederacy was founded between 1570 and 1600 by Dekanawidah, born a Huron (see Wyandot), carrying out the earlier ideas of Hiawatha, an Onondaga. Cemented mainly by their desire to stand together against invasion, the tribes united in a common council composed of 50 sachems; each original tribe had one vote, and unanimity was the rule. At first the confederacy barely withstood attacks from the Huron and Mahican, but by 1628 the Mohawk had defeated the Mahican and established themselves as the region's dominant tribe. When the Iroquois destroyed the Huron in 1648-50, they were attacked by the Huron's French allies. During the American Revolution, the Oneida and Tuscarora sided with the American colonists while the rest of the league, led by Joseph Brant, fought for the British. The loyalist Iroquois were defeated in 1779 near Elmira, N.Y., and the confederacy came to an end

Iroquois Confederacy

league of six Native American tribes formed to arbitrate tribal feuds and rule on military affairs (included the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora tribes)

Iroquois War

series of raids made during the years of 1642-53 by white settlers on the Huron Indian tribe in order to divert the fur trade to their trading posts

Hyphenation

Ir·o·quois

Turkish pronunciation

îrıkwoy

Pronunciation

/ˈərəˌkwoi/ /ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ/

Etymology

() French, from Algonquian Irinakhoiw, literally, 'real adders'.