six nations

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six nations - 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]

six nations - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]