Onondaga

noun

On·​on·​da·​ga ˌä-nə(n)-ˈdȯ-gə  -ˈdā-  -ˈdä- 

1

plural Onondaga or Onondagas : a member of an Indigenous people originally of central New York, later divided between part of their original homeland in New York and a reserve in Ontario

2

: the Iroquoian language of the Onondaga people

Word History

Etymology

Onondaga onǫ́·tàʔke, the chief Onondaga town

First Known Use

1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1