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# mohawk

«mohawk» in Mova's school dictionary: **a First Nations and Native American people of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#m1)

2) Mohawk is the Iroquoian language of the Mohawk people. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mohawk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mohawk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.