English
mohawk
see also: Mohawk
Noun

mohawk (plural mohawks)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk#English|Mohawk (hairstyle).
Mohawk
Proper noun
  1. An indigenous people of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario, the easternmost of the Iroquois Five Nations.
  2. The Iroquoian language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
Translations
  • Portuguese: moicano
  • Russian: мохок
Translations
  • Russian: могаукский
Noun

mohawk (plural mohawks)

  1. An individual member of the Mohawk people.
  2. (also mohawk) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
  3. (historical) A member of a gang (the Mohocks) that terrorized London in the early 18th century.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: crête iroquoise
  • German: Irokesenschnitt, Iro (colloquial/slang)
  • Italian: moicana, mohawk
  • Portuguese: moicano
  • Russian: ироке́з
  • Spanish: cresta, mohawk, mohicano, iro


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