FEDERATION OF TRIBES
Dictionary entry overview: What does federation of tribes mean?
• FEDERATION OF TRIBES (noun)
The noun FEDERATION OF TRIBES has 1 sense:
1. a federation (as of American Indians)
Familiarity information: FEDERATION OF TRIBES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEDERATION OF TRIBES (noun)
Meaning:
A federation (as of American Indians)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
federation of tribes; tribe
Hypernyms ("federation of tribes" is a kind of...):
nation (a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes))
Meronyms (members of "federation of tribes"):
Maya; Mayan (a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy)
Nahuatl (a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico)
Olmec (a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
