name
Hiawatha
hy-ah-WAH-thah
/ˌhaɪəˈwɑːθɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Hiawatha
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Haudenosaunee/Onondaga (Northeast USA)
- Meaning
- He who combs
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
The historical Hiawatha co-founded the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) with the Peacemaker around 1450 CE; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Song of Hiawatha' (1855) conflated him with different traditions; the diplomatic genius who created the world's oldest democracy
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