Ir|o|quois

Ir|o|quois
Ir|o|quois «IHR uh kwoy, -kwoyz», noun, plural -quois, adjective.
–n.
a member of a powerful group of American Indian tribes called the Five Nations (later, the Six Nations), formerly living mostly in what is now Quebec, Ontario, and New York State.
–adj.
of or having to do with these Indians.
╂[American English < French Iroquois < Algonkian (Algonkin) Irinakoiw adders, enemies]

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