Oneida

noun

Onei·​da ō-ˈnī-də 

1

plural Oneida or Oneidas : a member of an Indigenous people originally of upstate New York

2

: the Iroquoian language of the Oneida people

Examples of Oneida in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent amendments to those compacts, negotiated with Evers, have allowed the Oneida Nation, Forest County Potawatomi and Ho-Chunk Nation to offer on-site sports betting. — Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 23 Apr. 2026

Police asked anyone who has additional information regarding this investigation to contact the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit at 315-765-2226. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2026

Many people have continued to ask organizers when Indian Summer will return, prompting former festival director Butch Roberts, who is Oneida, and other Indigenous leaders to begin rebuilding the spirit of the event, if not the actual event itself. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026

The Wainfleet area falls within the traditional homeland of the Six Nations of the Grand River, a confederacy comprising the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Tuscarora peoples — the Haudenosaunee. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Oneida onę·yóteʔ, literally, standing rock

First Known Use

1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Oneida

• haida