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Tus·ca·ro·ra | \ ˌtə-skə-ˈrȯr-ə 
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\ plural Tuscarora or Tuscaroras
Definition of Tuscarora
1 : a member of an American Indian people originally of North Carolina and later of New York and Ontario
2 : the Iroquoian language of the Tuscarora people
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The first known use of Tuscarora was in 1713
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