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plural Cayuga or Cayugas
: a member of an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of central New York
Note: Some current-day members of the Cayuga live as part of the federally recognized Cayuga Nation of New York. Other members live as part of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, located in Oklahoma, or the Six Nations of the Grand River, located in Canada.
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: the Iroquoian language of the Cayuga people
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Cayuga
geographical name
Ca·yu·ga
kā-ˈyü-gə 
kī-,
kē-,
kə-
lake 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in west central New York; one of the Finger Lakes
Note: Cayuga Lake is connected with the New York State Barge Canal.
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