Cayuga

Cayuga
I. noun (plural Cayuga or Cayugas) Etymology: Cayuga *kayó•kwę, a 17th century Cayuga town Date: 1744 1. a member of an American Indian people of New York 2. the Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people II. geographical name lake 40 miles (64 kilometers) long W central New York; one of the Finger Lakes

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