Cayuga

noun

Ca·​yu·​ga kā-ˈyü-gə  kī- 

1

plural Cayuga or Cayugas : a member of an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of central New York

Note: Some current-day members of the Cayuga live as part of the federally recognized Cayuga Nation of New York. Other members live as part of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, located in Oklahoma, or the Six Nations of the Grand River, located in Canada.

2

: the Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people

Word History

Etymology

Cayuga *kayó·kwę, a 17th century Cayuga town

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Cayuga

geographical name

Ca·​yu·​ga kā-ˈyü-gə 

kī-,

kē-,

kə-

lake 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in west central New York; one of the Finger Lakes

Note: Cayuga Lake is connected with the New York State Barge Canal.