mohican

English - Turkish

Definition of mohican in English Turkish dictionary: (Veya Mohegan ya da Mahican - isim) Önceden New York eyaletindeki Hudson Vadisinin yukarı kısmında yaşayan Amerikan yerli topluluğpuna verilmiş olan ad; (Veya Mohegan ya da Mahican- isim) Mohikanların konuştuğu dil; (Veya Mohegan ya da Mahican - sıfat) Mohikanlara ait, Mohikanlarla ilgili; Mohikan yerlilerinin yaptığı gibi, saçın yanlardan kesilip, ortada bir şerit gibi bırakılmasıyla yapılan saç modeli

English - English

Definition of mohican in English English dictionary: Refers to either of two indigenous North American tribes, Mahican and Mohegan, and to their Algonquian languages; A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end. (North America: Mohawk); haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp, (synonym) Mohican haircut; the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican people, (synonym) Mahican; a member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic, (synonym) Mahican; {i} Mahican, American-Indian tribesman; A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end. (US: mohawk); a hairstyle in which the hair is cut off the sides of the head, and the hair on top of the head is made to stick up and is sometimes brightly coloured (From the hairstyle worn by Native American men in J. Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans (1826)). an imaginary Native American tribe of the upper Hudson River valley in New York State, invented by the writer James Fenimore Cooper for his stories, such as The Last of the Mohicans. or Mahican North American Indian people living mostly in northeastern Wisconsin, U.S. Their original territory was the upper Hudson River valley above the Catskill Mountains. Their name for themselves is Muh-he-con-neok, meaning "The People of the Waters That Are Never Still." The Mahican consisted of five major divisions governed by hereditary sachems (chiefs) assisted by elected counselors. They lived in strongholds of 20-30 houses situated on hills or in woodlands. In 1664 they were forced by the Mohawk to move to what is now Stockbridge, Mass., where they became known as the Stockbridge Indians. Later they moved to Wisconsin. Some 1,200 people claimed sole Mohican descent in the 2000 U.S. census. James Fenimore Cooper drew a romanticized portrait of the declining Mohican in The Last of the Mohicans (1826); haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp; a member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic; the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican people; haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican people a member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic