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

Word History

Etymology

Oneida onę·yóteʔ, literally, standing rock

First Known Use

1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Oneida

• haida