Mohawk

Examples

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• The Mohawk were known as fierce warriors in the historical conflicts between Native American tribes.

• W said, my God, how like it is to a young Mohawk warrior.

• This is my mohawk friend, turk.

  Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)

• And my mum said that my dad's grandfather, so my great grandfather was a Mohawk Indian, which is in Canada, like a native Canadian Indian.

• During the festival, we learned about the customs and traditions of the Mohawk people.

• My grandmother shared stories about her childhood spent with her Mohawk relatives in New York.

Synonyms

I

Iroquois

vsMohawk

10 7.9

A person from a group of Native American nations in the New York area who formed a strong alliance

is a specific group from one river valley rather than the whole confederacy

H

Haudenosaunee

vsMohawk

9.9

A person who belongs to one of the Haudenosaunee nations

is one distinct people from a single river valley within that confederacy

Compounds

M

mohawk haircut

1 3.8

A hairstyle with shaved sides and a strip of long hair down the middle

M

Mohawk language

9.9

A native language spoken by the Mohawk people in northeastern North America

Surface Forms

Etymology