Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mohawk

 I. noun  (plural ~ or ~s)  Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Narragansett or Massachusett Mohowawog ~, literally, cannibal  Date: 1634  1. a member of an American Indian people of the ~ River valley, New York  2. the Iroquoian language of the ~ people  3. a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of usually upright hair and the sides of the head shaved  II. geographical name river 148 miles (238 kilometers) E central New York flowing E into Hudson River