People of the Great Swamp

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People of the Great Swamp is the English meaning of the name of the Cayuga, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

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People of the Great Swamp canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English name
ethnonym
appliesTo Cayuga people
linked to: Cayuga nation
associatedWith Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy
describesEnvironmentOf swamp regions
wetlands
hasAlternativeReferenceForm People of the Great Swamp (Cayuga)
hasCulturalContext Haudenosaunee
Iroquois
linked to: Haudenosaunee
isTranslationOf Cayuga endonym (approximate)
languageOfName English
meaningOf Cayuga
memberOfContext original member nations of the Haudenosaunee
refersTo Cayuga
refersToEthnicGroupIn North America
refersToIndigenousPeopleOf Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
refersToNationWithin Haudenosaunee League
Six Nations
semanticComponents "Great"
"People"
"Swamp"
usedIn English-language scholarship on the Cayuga
descriptions of Haudenosaunee nations

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Cayuga hasMeaning People of the Great Swamp