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Cheyenne2

Syllabification: (Chey·enne)
Pronunciation: /SHīˈan/

Definition of Cheyenne

noun (plural same or Cheyennes)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma.
  • 2the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne.

adjective

  • relating to the Cheyenne or their language.

Origin:

Canadian French, from Dakota šahíyena, 'little Cree'

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