Five Nations

proper noun

an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.

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Five Civilized TribesIroquois LeagueLeague of IroquoisSix Nations
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative 5 Nations

  1. Europerugby unionan annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
  2. CanadaUSabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).
  3. USsynonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)

    Synonyms: Five Civilized Tribes

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounsynonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)

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Five Civilized Tribes

More synonyms by meaning

nouna league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)

Similar
Iroquois LeagueLeague of IroquoisSix Nations
Broader
league
Also see
iroquois league

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French Cinq Nations, Cinq-Nations
  • Cinq NationsIroquoian Five Nations
  • Cinq-NationsIroquoian Five Nations
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APA

Five Nations. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Five%20Nations

MLA

“Five Nations.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Five%20Nations. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Five Nations,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Five%20Nations.

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