cayuga means the Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
cayuga is pronounced /kəˈjuːɡə/.
Etymology
Borrowing from Cayuga gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (“they live in the big swamp”)
name
- The Northern Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people.
- An unincorporated community, the county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario; named for the Cayuga people.
- A town in Indiana; named for the village in New York.
- A village in New York; named for the Cayuga people.
- A city in North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Illinois.
noun
- A member of an indigenous people of North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy.