English to afrikaans meaning of

iroquois

Die term "Iroquois" verwys na 'n groep inheemse Amerikaanse stamme wat histories in die noordoostelike deel van Noord-Amerika gewoon het, hoofsaaklik in wat nou die staat New York en die omliggende gebiede is. Die term "Iroquois" kom van 'n Franse weergawe van 'n Algonquin-woord wat "regte adders" of "regte slange" beteken. Die Iroquois-mense noem hulself Haudenosaunee, wat "mense van die langhuis" in hul eie taal beteken.

Synonyms

  1. iroquoian
  2. iroquoian language

Sentence Examples

  1. These Iroquois are cunning, but they outwitted themselves when they placed their firearms out of reach and had Uncas or his father been gifted with only their common Indian patience, we should have come in upon the knaves with three bullets instead of one, and that would have made a finish of the whole pack yon loping varlet, as well as his commerades.
  2. But everything is raw, for the Iroquois are thorough savages.
  3. Are their souls to enter the land of the just like hungry Iroquois or unmanly Delawares, or shall they meet their friends with arms in their hands and robes on their backs?
  4. Are there not crimes for which the impalement of the Turks, the augers of the Persians, the stake and the brand of the Iroquois Indians, are inadequate tortures, and which are unpunished by society?
  5. The French, from their first intercourse with them, called them Iroquois.
  6. The Mengwe, the Maquas, the Mingoes, and the Iroquois, though not all strictly the same, are identified frequently by the speakers, being politically confederated and opposed to those just named.
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