cayuga

«cayuga» in Mova's school dictionary: a Native American (First Nations) people, one of the Six… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun, a name (the Cayuga, Cayuga people; Cayuga Lake)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) The Cayuga are a Native American (First Nations) people, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, from what is now New York State and Ontario. tree →

2) (a name) The Cayuga language spoken by that people. tree →

3) (a name) Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in New York State, and places named after it. tree →

sense in the lessons

It appears in history and geography lessons about North America, about the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and its Great Law of Peace, and on maps of New York State and Ontario. It is a proper name, so it starts with a capital letter in sentences.

examples

• The Cayuga are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee. tree →
• Many Cayuga people live today in Ontario, Canada, and in New York State. tree →
• Cayuga Lake is one of the long, thin Finger Lakes. tree →
• Only a few people still speak the Cayuga language fluently. tree →
• We read how the Cayuga joined the confederacy for peace. tree →
• Our map showed Cayuga Lake south of Lake Ontario. tree →

note

A name, written «Cayuga» with a capital C. Say «kay-YOO-guh». Speak of the Cayuga as a living people today, not only in the past.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cayuga» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.