Ir·o·quois /ˈɪrəˌkwɔɪ ||ˌkwɑ/
 北美土著;分成若干種族


 Ir·o·quois n. sing. & pl.  Ethnol. A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.

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 Iroquois
      n 1: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples
           formerly living in New York state; the Iroquois League
           were allies of the British during the American
           Revolution
      2: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the
         Iroquois peoples [syn: Iroquoian, Iroquoian language]