Shawnee

See also: shawnee

English

Noun

Shawnee (plural Shawnees or Shawnee)

1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.

Adjective

Shawnee (not comparable)

1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.

Proper noun

Shawnee

1. The language of this tribe.
2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
   • 2012 Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair (2013), →ISBN, page 292:

     The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn.

3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

Derived terms

• Shawnee County

See also

• Shawnese

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Shawnee, sjw ⁠