tuscarora
英 [, tʌskə'rɔ:rə; -'rəu-]
美
- n. 塔斯卡洛拉语；塔斯卡洛拉人（北美印第安人部族）
英英释义
- 1. a member of a Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York state and joined the Iroquois
- 2. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora people
英文词源
- Tuscarora
- Iroquoian people originally inhabiting what is now North Carolina, 1640s, from Catawba (Siouan) /taskarude:/, literally "dry-salt eater," a folk-etymologizing of the people's name for themselves, Tuscarora (Iroquoian) /skaru:re/, literally "hemp-gatherers."