Cheyenne.
A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
Meaning & usage
A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).
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