oneida

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

part of speech

noun (Oneida, the Oneida); adjective (Oneida) (a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) A Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), from what is now New York State; also their language. tree →

2) (a name) Oneida Lake in New York State, and towns named after the people. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in US history and social studies: the Oneida were one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee, with the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. They sided with the Americans in the American Revolution and today have lands in New York and Wisconsin.

examples

• The Oneida are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee. tree →
• The Oneida helped the Americans during the Revolutionary War. tree →
• Oneida Lake is in New York State. tree →
• Many Oneida people live in Wisconsin today. tree →
• We learned about the Oneida in our Native American history unit. tree →

note

A proper name, always with a capital O. Pronounced "oh-NYE-duh". The word means "people of the standing stone".

Trees and pragmatics

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