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cayuga

/keɪˈjuː.ɡə/

Übersetzung: Eigenname für einen Angehörigen des irokischen Volkes der Cayuga, das früher am Cayuga-See im US-Bundesstaat New York lebte, oder für die irokische Sprache der Cayuga.

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C1formalcommon/keɪˈjuː.ɡə/

Eigenname

A proper noun referring to a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State, or the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga.

  • 🇩🇪Eigenname für einen Angehörigen des irokischen Volkes der Cayuga, das früher am Cayuga-See im US-Bundesstaat New York lebte, oder für die irokische Sprache der Cayuga.
  1. Member of an Indigenous people B2 formal

    A person belonging to the Cayuga Nation, one of the original Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, historically located near Cayuga Lake in what is now New York State.

    • The Cayuga were known as skilled farmers and diplomats within the Iroquois Confederacy.
    • A Cayuga elder shared stories of their ancestral lands.
    • Many Cayuga people now live in Ontario, Canada, as well as New York.

    🇩🇪Angehöriger des indigenen Volkes

  2. Iroquoian language B2 formal

    The endangered Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga people, part of the Northern Iroquoian branch.

    • Efforts are underway to revitalize the Cayuga language through community classes.
    • Cayuga is one of the few surviving Iroquoian languages.
    • Linguists have documented the grammar and vocabulary of Cayuga.

    🇩🇪Cayuga

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