Mo|hawk

Mo|hawk
Mo|hawk «MOH hk», noun, plural -hawk or hawks.
1. a member of a tribe of North American Indians formerly living in central New York State, the most powerful of the Six Nations or Iroquois.
2. the Iroquoian language of the Mohawks.
╂[American English < the Algonkian (Algonkin) name mowak or mowawak (literally) they eat living things]
mo|hawk «MOH hk», noun
a hairstyle with center swath sticking up and shaved sides.

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