Definition of Mohawk
Mohawk
orMohawks
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Mohawk River valley, New York
2 : the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people
3 : a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved
From the M-W Editors
Origin and Etymology of mohawk
of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett or Massachusett Mohowawog Mohawk, literally, cannibal
First Known Use: 1634
Mohawk
playDefinition of Mohawk
river 148 miles (238 kilometers) long in east central New York flowing east into the Hudson River
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