Cheyenne

See also: cheyenne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaɪˈæn/

Noun

Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)

1. A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.

Translations

member of the Cheyenne people

• Cheyenne: Tsétsêhéstaestse, Tsitsistaists
• Czech: Čejen m
• Dakota: Šahíyena
• French: Cheyenne (fr) m or f
• Greek: Τσεγιέν (el) m or f (Tsegién)
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• Lakota: Šahíyela
• Polish: Czejen (pl) m, Czejenka (pl) f
• Swedish: cheyenne (sv) c
• Unami: Shëlatihka

Derived terms

• Cheyenne County

Proper noun

Cheyenne

1. An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people.
2. The capital and largest city of Wyoming, United States and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people.
3. A river in the United States; flowing 295 miles from the confluence of the Antelope and Dry Fork creeks in Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming into Lake Oahe, a reservoir of the Missouri River, at Mission Ridge, South Dakota.
4. A town, the county seat of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States.
5. A female or male given name of modern American usage.

Derived terms

• Cheyenne Wells

Translations

language

• Armenian: շեյեն (hy) (šeyen)
• Cheyenne: Tsêhesenêstsestôtse
• Finnish: cheyenne (fi)
• Mapudungun: cheyenne dungun
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• Russian: чейе́нн (čejénn), шайе́нн m (šajénn)
• Swedish: cheyenne (sv) n
• Taos: sayénuna

city in Wyoming

• Danish: Cheyenne
• German: Cheyenne (de)
• Greek: Τσεγιέν (el) f (Tsegién)
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• Latin: Cheyenna
• Latvian: Šaiena f
• Russian: Чейе́нн (Čejénn), Шайе́нн m (Šajénn)

river in Wyoming and South Dakota

• Lakota: Wakpá Wašté
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See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Cheyenne terms

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

From Dakota šahíyena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.jɛn/ ~ /ʃe.jɛn/

Noun

Cheyenne m or f by sense (plural Cheyennes)

1. Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)