Five Nations (English, name)
expansion: Five Nations
Senses:
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the predecessor to the Six Nations tournament.
tags: Europe
glosses: Ellipsis of Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations (“the original the Iroquois Confederacy; the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca”).
tags: Canada
US
abbreviation
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glosses: Synonym of Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)
tags: US
Forms:
form: 5 Nations
tags: alternative