Oriska

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A former Oneida settlement in New York, near what is now Oriskany in Oneida County.
• city Barnes County (county) North Dakota (state) United States (country).

Related

Similar words

• Fourth Siding

Origin

• Borrowed from Oneida.
• The town was originally called Fourth Siding since the town was originally founded in 1872, but was changed to Oriska in 1881. Oriska was named for a Native American character in a poem by Lydia Sigourney.