Main Entry: Chey·enne

Pronunciation: \shī-ˈan, -ˈen\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes

Etymology: American French, from Dakota šahíyena

Date: 1778

1 : a member of an American Indian people of the western plains of the United States
2 : the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne people