Cheyenne
See also: cheyenne
English edit
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, Oxfordshire: 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
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)