Hiawatha

biographical name

Hi·​a·​wa·​tha ˌhī-ə-ˈwȯ-thə 

ˌhē-ə-,

-ˈwä- 

circa 1400–1450? American Indigenous chief, cofounder of Iroquois confederacy

Note: Hiawatha is the hero of Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above