1
plural Oneida or Oneidas
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of upstate New York
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Oneida people
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The town of Marcy is near Utica, the county seat of Oneida County.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
For New York state, the alert applies across Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson and Lewis counties including the cities of Oswego, Watertown and Lowville until 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Body camera footage shows officers beating inmate Robert Brooks at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
As the wildcat strike by correction officers continued Thursday, an Oneida County grand jury indicted six guards on murder charges in the Dec. 9 caught-on-video beating death of Robert Brooks in an upstate facility.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
For New York state, the alert applies across Oswego, Oneida, Jefferson and Lewis counties including the cities of Oswego, Watertown and Lowville until 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Body camera footage shows officers beating inmate Robert Brooks at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
As the wildcat strike by correction officers continued Thursday, an Oneida County grand jury indicted six guards on murder charges in the Dec. 9 caught-on-video beating death of Robert Brooks in an upstate facility.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Oneida.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Oneida. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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