1.
[syn: Iroquois League, League of Iroquois, Five Nations, Six Nations]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Six \Six\, a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes,
OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth.
sa['i]hs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W.
chwech, L. sex, Gr. ??, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. [root]304.
Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant,
Sice.]
One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
[1913 Webster]
Six Nations (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American
Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five
Nations.
Six points circle. (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under
Nine.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Six Nations
n 1: a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five
Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the
Six Nations) [syn: Iroquois League, League of Iroquois,
Five Nations, Six Nations]