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Kanienkehaka

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

noun

  1. plural, plural only The 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 […]

proper noun

  1. The Mohawk language.

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"Kanienkehaka." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kanienkehaka. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kanienkehaka. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kanienkehaka

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"Kanienkehaka." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kanienkehaka.

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@misc{kanienkehaka_2026,
  title = {Kanienkehaka},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kanienkehaka},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}