Irofa

Japanese alphabet, taken from the first three letters. Iron , Irun , Iran . A dialect of the Caucasus. See O et . Iroquois , Irokese . American : it has a double import—1. As the special name of a tribe or nation, of the State of New York. 2. As a general name for the cla , the most important members of which, the Iroquois themselves, the On on dag as, the Senecas, the formidable Mohawks, and others are, probably, the most familiar representatives of the traditional Red Indian, especially in his capacity of hero and warrior.     R. G. L.   See Schoolcraft: “Comparative Vocaby.,” Albany, 1847; Vocaby. by Howse, “Proceed. Philol. Socy.,” vol. iv., London, 1856. Irula , Irular . Dravidian: a dialect of Canarese , vernacular in the Nilgherry Hills; it is allied to Budugur . Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”