"Mohawk" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmoʊhɔːk/
Etymology: 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 Kanien'kehá:ka (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|Mohawk}} Dutch Mohawk, {{glossary|exonym}} exonym, {{der|en|xnt|Mohowaúgsuck}} Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, {{m|xnt|Mauquàuog}} Mauquàuog, {{glossary|autonym}} autonym, {{m|moh|Kanien'kehá:ka}} Kanien'kehá:ka, {{m|en|Kanienkehaka}} Kanienkehaka, {{m|en|Kanyenkehaka}} Kanyenkehaka Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mohawk
  1. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (Iroquoian language): Mohawk [neuter] (Dutch), मोहॉक (mohŏk) [feminine] (Marathi), Kanien’kéha (Mohawk), могаукский (mogaukskij) (Russian), могаук (mogauk) (Russian), мохок (moxok) (Russian), мохаук (moxauk) (Russian), мохавк (moxavk) (Russian), mohawk [common-gender] (Swedish), מויהאַקיש (moyhakish) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Mohawk-en-name-gfIhtI0D Disambiguation of Languages: 39 28 15 13 6 Disambiguation of 'Iroquoian language': 83 17
  2. Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York. Categories (topical): Hair Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States, Rivers in New York, USA, Rivers in the United States Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mohawk terms
    Sense id: en-Mohawk-en-name-T0Rx8Duc Disambiguation of Hair: 16 34 21 21 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 53 14 9 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 59 18 11 6

Noun

IPA: /ˈmoʊhɔːk/ Forms: Mohawks [plural], Mohawk [plural], "Mohawks" in all other senses [plural]
Etymology: 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 Kanien'kehá:ka (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|Mohawk}} Dutch Mohawk, {{glossary|exonym}} exonym, {{der|en|xnt|Mohowaúgsuck}} Narragansett Mohowaúgsuck, {{m|xnt|Mauquàuog}} Mauquàuog, {{glossary|autonym}} autonym, {{m|moh|Kanien'kehá:ka}} Kanien'kehá:ka, {{m|en|Kanienkehaka}} Kanienkehaka, {{m|en|Kanyenkehaka}} Kanyenkehaka Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Mohawk}} Mohawk (plural Mohawks or Mohawk)
  1. 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. Categories (place): Native American tribes Derived forms: brohawk [hairstyle, hairdressing, crafts, arts, hobbies, lifestyle], dreadhawk [hairstyle, hairdressing, crafts, arts, hobbies, lifestyle], fauxhawk [hairstyle, hairdressing, crafts, arts, hobbies, lifestyle], frohawk [hairstyle, hairdressing, crafts, arts, hobbies, lifestyle] Translations (indigenous people of North America): मोहॉक (mohŏk) [feminine] (Marathi), Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), moicano (Portuguese), мохок (moxok) (Russian), могаук (mogauk) (Russian), мохавк (moxavk) (Russian), могавк (mogavk) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Mohawk-en-noun-XNk9QAvZ Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 16 26 50 3 4 Disambiguation of 'indigenous people of North America': 98 1 1
  2. 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. Synonyms: mohawk, Iroquois, Mohican [Australia, UK] Translations (hairstyle): مُوهُوك (mōhōk) (Arabic), մոհաք (mohakʿ) (Armenian), Irokesenschnitt [masculine] (Bavarian), Iro [masculine] (Bavarian), 雞冠頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡冠头 (jīguāntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 莫西干 (mòxīgàn) (Chinese Mandarin), číro (Czech), čerokýz (Czech), hanekam (Danish), hanenkam [masculine] (Dutch), irokeesikampaus (Finnish), irokeesitukka (Finnish), irokeesi (Finnish), mohikaanikampaus (Finnish), crête iroquoise [feminine] (French), Irokesenschnitt [masculine] (German), Iro (english: colloquial/slang) [masculine] (German), hanakambur [masculine] (Icelandic), moicana [feminine] (Italian), mohawk (Italian), cresta [feminine] (Italian), モヒカン刈り (mohikan-gari) (Japanese), मोहॉक (mohŏk) [feminine] (Marathi), hanekam (Norwegian), irokez [masculine] (Polish), moicano [masculine] (Portuguese), ироке́з (irokéz) [masculine] (Russian), irokez (Silesian), číro (Slovak), čerokýz (Slovak), cresta [feminine] (Spanish), mohawk [masculine] (Spanish), mohicano [masculine] (Spanish), iro [masculine] (Spanish), tuppkam (Swedish), மொஹாக் (mohāk) (Tamil), іроке́з (irokéz) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Mohawk-en-noun-en:hairstyle Disambiguation of 'hairstyle': 21 66 13
  3. (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Mohawk-en-noun-Ot-k95Z5

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  "wikipedia": [
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    "Joseph Brant"
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        "2": "Kanyenkehaka"
      },
      "expansion": "Kanyenkehaka",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch Mohawk.\nAn 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 Kanien'kehá:ka (Kanienkehaka, Kanyenkehaka).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Mohawk",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wiktionary’s coverage of Mohawk terms"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iroquoian",
          "Iroquoian"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in New York, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Rivers in New York, USA",
        "en:Rivers in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mohawk River, the largest tributary of the Hudson River, New York."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mohawk River",
          "Mohawk River"
        ],
        [
          "tributary",
          "tributary"
        ],
        [
          "Hudson River",
          "Hudson River#English"
        ],
        [
          "New York",
          "New York#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoʊhɔːk/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mohawk"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "mohŏk",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मोहॉक"
    },
    {
      "code": "moh",
      "lang": "Mohawk",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "Kanien’kéha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mogaukskij",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "могаукский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mogauk",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "могаук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moxok",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "мохок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moxauk",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "мохаук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moxavk",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "word": "мохавк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mohawk"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "moyhakish",
      "sense": "Iroquoian language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "מויהאַקיש"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Gregory Dexter",
    "Joseph Brant"
  ],
  "word": "Mohawk"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/382",
  "msg": "no language name in translation item: (indigenous person): Note: These are translations for the plural.",
  "path": [
    "Mohawk"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Mohawk",
  "trace": ""
}

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