mohawk

Definitions


[ˈməʊhɔːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of an Indigenous people originally inhabiting parts of what is now upper New York State, one of the five peoples comprising the original Iroquois confederacy

- the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk

- a hairstyle in which the head is shaved except for a strip of hair running centrally from the middle of the forehead to the back of the neck

- a step from either edge of the skate to the same edge on the other foot in the opposite direction


Phrases:

Origin:
Narragansett mohowawog, ‘man-eaters’


[ˈməʊhɔːk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the Mohawk or their language


Phrases:

Origin:
Narragansett mohowawog, ‘man-eaters’




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