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 heaviest snow is forecast further east, with the NWS warning of between six and nine inches for Central Interior Cumberland and Coastal Cumberland counties in Maine, along with Chenango, Madison, Otsego, and Southern Oneida counties in New York state.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Robert Brooks, who died on Dec. 10 after an encounter with Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The case is set to be presented to an Oneida County grand jury on February 10.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
One of the locations targeted was the Cedar Run Apartments in the 800 block of South Oneida Street, DEA Rocky Mountain confirmed.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Robert Brooks, who died on Dec. 10 after an encounter with Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The case is set to be presented to an Oneida County grand jury on February 10.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
One of the locations targeted was the Cedar Run Apartments in the 800 block of South Oneida Street, DEA Rocky Mountain confirmed.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Oneida.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Oneida. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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