Cheyenne
See also: cheyenne
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”). [1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)
- A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]member of the Cheyenne people
Proper noun
[edit]Cheyenne
- An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people.
- The capital and largest city of Wyoming, United States and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people.
- 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.
- A town, the county seat of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A female or male given name of modern American usage.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]language
city in Wyoming
river in Wyoming and South Dakota
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Cheyenne”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “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
[edit]- Ethnologue entry for Cheyenne, chy
- Cheyenne Dictionary
- Cheyenne Language Web Site
- Wikipedia Cheyenne language edition
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dakota šahíyena.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Cheyenne m or f by sense (plural Cheyennes)
- Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)
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