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plural Mohawk or Mohawks
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the Mohawk River valley in New York
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: the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people
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or less commonly mohawk plural Mohawks also mohawks
: a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved
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Mohawk
noun
Mo·hawk
ˈmō-ˌhȯk 
plural Mohawk or Mohawks
1
: a member of an Indigenous people of the Mohawk River valley in New York state
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people
3
: a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved
Geographical Definition
Mohawk
geographical name
Mo·hawk
ˈmō-ˌhȯk
river 148 miles (238 kilometers) long in east central New York flowing east into the Hudson River
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