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# mohawk

noun (Mohawk — a people and language; a mohawk — a hairstyle, mohawks); also mohican (UK, hairstyle)

«mohawk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Mohawk are a First Nations and Native American people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, living in what is now New York State, Quebec and Ontario. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#m1)
2. Mohawk is the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#m2)
3. A mohawk is a hairstyle with the sides shaved and a strip of hair standing up down the middle; in the UK it is often called a «mohican». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons about North America the Mohawk were one of the Six Nations; Mohawk ironworkers later helped build New York skyscrapers. In everyday life the punk hairstyle is a «mohawk». Phrases: «the Mohawk people», «the Mohawk language», «a mohawk haircut».

### Examples

- The Mohawk are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x1)
- Some children in Quebec learn Mohawk at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x2)
- Mohawk ironworkers helped build tall bridges and skyscrapers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x3)
- The punk rocker had a bright green mohawk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x4)
- My cousin wants a mohawk, but his mum said no. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x5)
- The Mohawk River flows through New York State. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#x6)

### Note

Capital «Mohawk» for the people and language; small «mohawk» often for the haircut. The Mohawk call themselves «Kanien'kehá:ka». The UK word «mohican» for the haircut comes from a different people in a famous novel.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mohawk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mohawk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mohawk.html) on Mova free.