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Mohawk¹
- /ˈmoʊhɔːk/
Where it comes from
From Dutch Mohawk.
An exonym, probably from Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, Mauquàuog, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”. The phoneme /m/ is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk autonym is Kanienʼkehá꞉kaʼ (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).
noun Mohawks · Mohawk · "Mohawks" in all other senses
- A member of an indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
- A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
- A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
proper noun
- The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
- Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York.
mohawk²
noun mohawks
- Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crest, niagara, peak, ridge, mohican, iroquois, iroquoian, iroquois confederacy, five nations, kanienkehaka, mi'kmaq, mahock, cayuga, haudenosaunee, missiquoi, iroquoia
Translations
Every language
noun indigenous people of North America
| 中文 | 莫霍克人 mòhuòkèrén |
|---|---|
| Português | moicano |
| Русский | мохок moxok, могаук mogauk, мохавк moxavk, могавк mogavk |
noun hairstyle
| Español | cresta, mohawk, mohicano, iro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | モヒカン刈り mohikan-gari |
| 中文 | 雞冠頭 /鸡冠头 jīguāntóu, 莫西干 mòxīgàn |
| Português | moicano |
| Français | crête iroquoise |
| Deutsch | Irokesenschnitt, Iro |
| Italiano | moicana, mohawk, cresta |
| Русский | ироке́з irokéz |
| العربية | مُوهُوك mōhōk |
name Iroquoian language
| Русский | могаукский mogaukskij, могаук mogauk, мохок moxok, мохаук moxauk, мохавк moxavk |
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title = {mohawk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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