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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Iroquois \Ir`o*quois"\, n. sing. & pl [F.] (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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Iroquois n 1: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state; the League of Iroquois (or Five Nations) were allies of the British during the American Revolution [syn: {Iroquois}] 2: a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois peoples [syn: {Iroquoian}, {Iroquois}, {Iroquoian language}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Iroquois, IL (village, FIPS 37712) Location: 40.82874 N, 87.58474 W Population (1990): 199 (92 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Iroquois, SD (city, FIPS 32020) Location: 44.36646 N, 97.84973 W Population (1990): 328 (154 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57353
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