Huron-Iroquous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Huron-Iroquous \Hu"ron-Ir`o*quous"\, n. (Ethnol.)
     A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians,
     belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including
     several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They
     formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario,
     and the larger part of New York.


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