Definitions for Cayuga

Cayuga Ca·yu·ga

Spelling: [key-yoo-guh, kahy-]
IPA: /keɪˈyu gə, kaɪ-/

Cayuga is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in Cayuga (aacguy).

Definitions for Cayuga

noun

  1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians, the smallest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy.
  2. the dialect of the Seneca language spoken by the Cayuga.
  3. Also called Cayuga duck. one of an American breed of domestic ducks having black plumage.

Origin of Cayuga

1735-45, Americanism; Cayuga *kayo·kwę, name of a 17th-century village; compare Cayuga kayokwęhó˙nǫʔ Cayuga (people) (or

Examples for Cayuga

Bush gives Sharon as a synonym of Cayuga but this appears to be an error.

The Cayuga chiefs were already on the way to meet in council with the Onondagas.

Cayuga is probably a descendant of Isabella through Adirondac.

She was launched at the mouth of Cayuga Creek in the Niagara peninsula in 1679.

“Somebody told me he was the best sailor on Cayuga Lake,” said Dale.

The Seneca outlet flows into the lower end of the Cayuga Lake.

The spokesman was the redoubtable Cayuga chief, named Saonchiowaga.

They formed in a stately line of battle, headed by the "Cayuga."

An hour and a quarter had elapsed from the time that the Cayuga passed the obstructions.

Montezuma marshes, in southwest Cayuga County, were called by the aborigines Tiohero.

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