a lake in central New York State: part of the New York State Canal System. Length: about 35 km (22 miles). Greatest width: 9 km (6 miles) - the Oneida ⇒ (functioning as plural)
a Native American people formerly living east of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples a member of this people the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
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O•nei•da
(ō nī′də),USA pronunciation n., pl. -das, (esp. collectively) -da for 1.
- Language Varietiesa member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Language Varietiesthe Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida Indians.
- Place Namesa city in central New York. 10,810.
- Oneida onę·yóteʔ erected stone, the name of the main Oneida settlement, at successive locations, near which, traditionally, a large syenite boulder always appeared
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