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Cayuga.

A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈjuːɡə/
  1. A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.

  2. A duck of an American domestic breed having black plumage with iridescent green highlights.

Where this word comes from

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

name/kəˈjuːɡə/
  1. The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.

  2. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.

  3. A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.

  4. A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.

  5. A city in North Dakota.

  6. An unincorporated community in Illinois.

  7. An unincorporated community in Texas.

  8. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

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

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