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Tuscarora

noun Tus·ca·ro·ra \ ˌtə-skə-ˈrȯr-ə \

Definition of Tuscarora

plural Tuscarora or Tuscaroras
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

Origin and Etymology of tuscarora

of Iroquoian origin; akin to Tuscarora skarò·rθʔ, a self-designation

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