Cayuga

Cayuga
['keɪju:gə, 'kʌɪ-]
noun (plural same or Cayugas)
1》 a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting part of New York State.
2》 the extinct Iroquoian language of the Cayuga.
Origin
from an Iroquoian place name.

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