Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CAYUGAS
CAYUGAS Ca *yu "gas, n. pl.
Defn:; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Cayuga
Ca yu ga |kāˈ (y )o͞ogə, kī -kəˈjuɡə | ▶noun ( pl. same or Cayugas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people, one of the Five Nations, formerly inhabiting New York. 2 the Iroquoian language of this people. ▶adjective of or relating to this people or their language. ORIGIN from an Iroquoian place name.
Cayuga, Lake
Cay u ga, Lake |kəˈyo͞ogə, kāˈ (y )o͞o -ˌleɪk kəˈjuɡə | one of the Finger Lakes, in west central New York. Ithaca lies at its southern end.
Oxford Dictionary
Cayuga
Cayuga |ˈkeɪjuːgə, ˈkʌɪ -| ▶noun ( pl. same or Cayugas ) 1 a member of an American Indian people, one of the five of the original Iroquois confederacy, formerly inhabiting part of New York State. 2 [ mass noun ] the extinct Iroquoian language of the Cayuga. ▶adjective relating to the Cayuga or their language. ORIGIN from an Iroquoian place name.
Cayuga, Lake
Cay u ga, Lake |kəˈyo͞ogə, kāˈ (y )o͞o -ˌleɪk kəˈjuɡə | one of the Finger Lakes, in west central New York. Ithaca lies at its southern end.
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