cayuga

nome próprio

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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo próprio que designa um membro do povo iroquês que vivia antigamente em torno do lago Cayuga, no estado de Nova York, ou a língua iroquesa falada por esse povo.

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.

   🇵🇹Membro do povo indígena

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.

   🇵🇹Língua cayuga

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• cayuga's possessive singular form