Cheyenne

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cheyenne

  1. An indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
  2. An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people.
  3. The capital and largest city in Wyoming, United States, and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people.
  4. 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.
  5. A town in Oklahoma, United States; the county seat of Roger Mills County.
  6. A female or male given name of modern American usage.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)

  1. A member of the Cheyenne people.

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ “Cheyenne”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “What is the origin of the word "Cheyenne"?”, in Cheyenne Language Web Site‎[1], 2002 March 3, archived from the original on 2009-08-07

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Dakota šahíyena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛ.jɛn/ ~ /ʃe.jɛn/

Noun

Cheyenne m or f (plural Cheyennes)

  1. Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)
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