Cheyenne

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French Cheyenne, from Dakota Sioux Sahi'yena.

Proper noun

Cheyenne

1. A western member of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. Cheyenne is spoken in Oklahoma and on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. There are currently (2005) approximately 1,200 Cheyenne-speakers in Montana and 500 in Oklahoma.
2. The capital of the State of Wyoming.
3. A female given name, A male given name of modern American usage.

Translations

Cheyenne language

• Cheyenne: Tsêhesenêstsestôtse
• Finnish: cheyenne
• Mapudungun: cheyenne dungun

• Russian: чейенн (čejénn), шайенн (šajénn) m
• Taos: sayénuna

city

• Danish: Cheyenne (da)
• Russian: Чейенн (Čejénn), Шайенн (Šajénn) m

Noun

Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)

1. A member of the Cheyenne tribe.

Translations

member of the Cheyenne tribe

• Cheyenne: Tsétsêhéstaestse, Tsitsistaists

• French: Cheyenne (fr) m and f

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Cheyenne terms

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Cheyenne, chy
• Cheyenne Dictionary
• Cheyenne Language Web Site
• Wikipedia Cheyenne language edition

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French

Etymology

From Dakota Sioux Sahi'yena.

Noun

Cheyenne m and f (plural Cheyennes)

1. Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)