Mohawk

UK: /ˈməʊhɔːk/ US: (mō′hôk)

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Mo•hawk  (mō′hôk), n., pl. -hawks, (esp. collectively) -hawk. 

1. a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
2. the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk Indians.
3. Place Names a river flowing E from central New York to the Hudson. 148 mi. (240 km) long.
4. Clothing (often l.c.) Also called Mo′hawk hair′cut. a hairstyle in which the head is shaved bare except for a strip of hair, usually with blunt, brushlike ends, down the center of the scalp from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
5. Military a twin turboprop, two-seat U.S. Army aircraft fitted with cameras, radar, and infrared sensors and designed to monitor enemy operations.

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Mohawk / ˈməʊhɔːk/ noun

1. ( -hawks, -hawk) a member of a Native American people formerly living along the Mohawk River; one of the Iroquois peoples
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Mohawk / ˈməʊhɔːk/ noun

1. a river in E central New York State, flowing south and east to the Hudson River at Cohoes: the largest tributary of the Hudson. Length: 238 km (148 miles)