HyperDic: federation_of_tribes

English > 1 sense of the expression federation of tribes:
NOUNgroupfederation of tribes, tribea federation (as of American Indians)
English > federation of tribes: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA federation (as of American Indians).
Synonymtribe
MembersMayan, MayaA 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
NahuatlA member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
OlmecA member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
RegionUnited States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.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
BroadernationA federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Spanishconfederación de tribus, tribu
Catalantribu

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