Mohawk

See also: mohawk

English

Mohawk Valley and River
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution
Mohawk hairstyle

Etymology

From Dutch Mohawk. An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”.[1] The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmoʊhɔːk/

Noun

Mohawk (plural Mohawks or Mohawk) (either plural for the indigenous people; plural "Mohawks" in all other senses)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
  3. A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
    Synonyms: mohawk, Iroquois, (UK, Australia) Mohican
    Hypernym: haircut
    Hyponyms: dreadhawk, fauxhawk, frohawk, ponyhawk, psychobilly wedge
  4. (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.

Derived terms

hairstyle

Translations

  • (indigenous person): Note: These are translations for the plural.

Proper noun

Mohawk

  1. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
    2. An unincorporated community in Yuma County, Arizona.
    3. An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
    4. An unincorporated community in Buck Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana.
    5. A village in the town of German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York. [2]
    6. A town in Montgomery County, New York.
    7. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
    8. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee.
    9. A former unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Roger Williams (1643), A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 16
  2. ^ TopoZone: Mohawk, Herkimer Co., New York

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Narragansett Muh-heck.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Mohawk

  1. the Mohawk people
  2. the Mohawk language
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