Six Nations
- noun
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Seis Naciones
- In the eighteenth century, the Tuscarora also joined the confederacy, giving rise to the Six Nations designation.
- warriors of the Six Nations
- tribes of the Six Nations
- Six Nations' reserved lands
Examples
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On October 22, 1784, the United States concluded the "Treaty with the Six Nations" at Fort Stanwix.
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By 1760, Johnson was providing gifts to members of the Six Nations Confederacy and to "Foreign Indians."
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Johnson was willing to let them do so because he needed Six Nations support.
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Johnson also met with the Six Nations just before the Delaware meeting.
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Yet gift-giving alone does not explain how Johnson became an active player in Six Nations political life.
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In his official capacities, Johnson presented the Six Nations gifts on behalf of New York Colony.
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And he did persuade the Six Nations to send emissaries there to petition for peace.
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Article III of the treaty compelled the Six Nations to surrender their claims to the Ohio Valley.
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The political and economic developments of the post-1730 period tested the acumen of Six Nations political leaders.
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In the eighteenth century, the Tuscarora also joined the confederacy, giving rise to the Six Nations designation.
Synonyms
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A group of Indigenous nations in northeastern North America
A group of Native American tribes in northeastern North America that joined together
A group of five Iroquois tribes in eastern North America that formed a political alliance and later added a sixth
An alliance of several tribes that join to act together
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'six' and 'nation' will readily get the literal meaning 'six countries', so the components are transparent, but they will not be able to deduce that the phrase refers to a specific annual rugby championship without world knowledge. As a proper-name for a sporting event the full, conventionalized meaning is not predictable from the parts, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Six Nations name comes from six Native American tribes—Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and later the Tuscarora—who joined together as one group to keep peace and help each other. So, 'Six Nations' today means that group of tribes.