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{{also|mohawk}}
==English==
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|image1=Hudsonmap.png|caption1=Mohawk Valley and River
|image2=Joseph Brant.jpeg|caption2=Thayendanegea ({{w|Joseph Brant}}), Mohawk leader and British military officer during the American Revolution
|image3=User-Ich with Mohawk.jpg|caption3=Mohawk hairstyle
}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|nl|Mohawk}}.
An {{glossary|exonym}}, probably from {{der|en|xnt|Mohowaúgsuck}}, {{m|xnt|Mauquàuog}}, meaning “they eat (animate things)”, “cannibals”.<ref>{{R:Williams 1643|page=16}}</ref> The phoneme {{IPAchar|/m/}} is not present in the Mohawk language; the Mohawk {{glossary|autonym}} is {{m|moh|Kanien'kehá:ka}} ({{m|en|Kanienkehaka}}, {{m|en|Kanyenkehaka}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mohawk.wav|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmoʊhɔːk/}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|Mohawk}} (either plural for the indigenous people; plural "Mohawks" in all other senses)

# A member of an indigenous people of [[North America]] originally from the [[w:Mohawk Valley|Mohawk Valley]] in upstate [[New York]] to southern [[Quebec]] and eastern [[Ontario]], the easternmost of the [[Iroquois]] [[w:Iroquois Confederacy|Five Nations]].
# {{senseid|en|hairstyle}} 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.
#: {{syn|en|mohawk|Iroquois|Mohican|q3=UK, Australia}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A member of a gang (the {{w|Mohocks}}) that terrorized [[London]] in the early 18th century.

====Derived terms====
* {{sense|hairstyle}} {{l|en|brohawk}}, {{l|en|dreadhawk}}, {{l|en|fauxhawk}}, {{l|en|frohawk}}

====Translations====
* {{sense|indigenous person}} Note: These are translations for the plural.

{{trans-top|indigenous people of North America}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मोहॉक|f}}
* Mohawk: {{t|moh|Kanien'kehá:ka}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|moicano}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|мохок|tr=}}, {{t|ru|могаук|tr=}}, {{t|ru|мохавк|tr=}}, {{t|ru|могавк|tr=}}
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{{trans-top|hairstyle}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُوهُوك|tr=mōhōk}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|մոհաք}}
* Bavarian: {{t|bar|Irokesenschnitt|m}}, {{t|bar|Iro|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|雞冠頭|tr=jīguāntóu}}, {{t|cmn|莫西干|tr=mòxīgàn}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|číro}}, {{t|cs|čerokýz}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hanekam}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|hanenkam|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|irokeesikampaus}}, {{t|fi|irokeesitukka}}, {{t+|fi|irokeesi}}, {{t+|fi|mohikaanikampaus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|crête iroquoise|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Irokesenschnitt|m}}, {{t|de|Iro|m}} {{qualifier|colloquial/slang}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hanakambur|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|moicana|f}}, {{t|it|mohawk}}, {{t+|it|cresta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|モヒカン刈り|tr=mohikan-gari}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मोहॉक|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|hanekam}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|irokez|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|moicano|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ироке́з|m}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|irokez}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|číro}}, {{t|sk|čerokýz}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cresta|f}}, {{t+|es|mohawk|m}}, {{t+|es|mohicano|m}}, {{t+|es|iro|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tuppkam}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|மொஹாக்}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|іроке́з|m}}
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===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# The [[Iroquoian]] language spoken by these North American indigenous people.
# {{place|en|[[Mohawk River]], the largest <<tributary>> of the <<riv:Suf/Hudson River>>, <<s/New York>>}}.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|Iroquoian language}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Mohawk|n}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मोहॉक|f}}
* Mohawk: {{t|moh|Kanien’kéha}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|могаукский|tr=}}, {{t|ru|могаук|tr=}}, {{t|ru|мохок|tr=}}, {{t|ru|мохаук|tr=}}, {{t|ru|мохавк|tr=}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|mohawk|c}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מויהאַקיש|n}}
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====See also====
* {{langcat|moh}}

===References===
<references />

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Mohawk people}}
* {{pedia|Mohawk River}}
* {{pedia|Mohawk language}}
* {{pedia|Mohawk hairstyle}}
* {{ethnologue|code=moh}}

{{C|en|Hair|Languages|Native American tribes}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|nl|xnt|Muh-heck}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-Mohawk.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nl|proper noun}}

# the {{l|en|Mohawk}} people
# the {{l|en|Mohawk}} language