Kanienkehaka

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noun

The Mohawk people.

OriginMohawk Kanienʼkehá꞉ka →
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Meanings

nounKanienkehaka pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe Mohawk people.

    Tribal names are less contentious, though the word “tribe” itself is used principally in the United States. The Mohawk people, or Kanienkehaka (Kanien'kehá:ka), meaning “people of the flint,” are properly understood as the easternmost of the Six Nations […]

    2011, Harry Swain, Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy, page xii
proper noun
  1. The Mohawk language.

Origin

  1. MohawkKanienʼkehá꞉ka
  2. EnglishKanienkehaka

Borrowed from Mohawk Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the autonym (name for themselves).

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APA

Kanienkehaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kanienkehaka

MLA

“Kanienkehaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kanienkehaka. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kanienkehaka,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kanienkehaka.

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