Cayuga

UK/kəˈjuːɡə/ uncommon

noun

a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state

the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga people

Origin

Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)

Phrases

Cayuga County
Wiktionary’s coverage of Cayuga terms

Related words

Word family

Cayuga Lake

Broader terms

Iroquoian
Iroquois

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noun
singular	cayuga
plural	cayuga, cayugas