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Five Nations

NOUN
  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)

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  • Viv was British rugby's pre-eminent full-back through the 1930s, last line and top dog for Wales and the Lions, an Oxford double blue, a Glamorgan cricketer and, conspicuously, the first full-back ever to score a try in a Five Nations match – against Ireland in 1934. Tons of reasons to support the monarchs of sport | Frank Keating
  • But despite this similarity, local government differs sharply among the five nations.
  • Among the Five Nations or League of the Iroquois, the sachem was a formally recognized social role, which was an elected position and, more significantly, limited to men.
  • Brazil was one of five nations at the just-ended Summit of the Americas to oppose U. S. calls for negotiations on a hemispheric free-trade agreement.
  • According to the Pentagon, five nations including the United States, France, Britain, Canada and Italy are participating in the strikes, and the coalition has 25 ships in the Mediterranean.
  • People of just five nations amount to 40,000 dole claimants? The Sun
  • We put him in our first round after his sterling performance at the February Five Nations Tournament, but now we've rocketed him all the way up to No. 10 in our rankings after watching him outwork, outhustle and outshine most of the big-name forwards in Minsk last month. USATODAY.com - Red Line Report: NHL's top draft prospects
  • [54] This was in the winter of 1679-'80; and the Five Nations, included in the general term Iroquois, had not then made the conquest upon which the English afterward founded their claim to the country. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States
  • The Asian Five Nations is the flagship IRB Asian Competition. It was introduced in 2008 and will be contested annually by Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and the Arabian Gulf.
  • Despite widespread criticism, the trend is on the increase in the Five Nations Championship.
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