Cheyenne

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

Chey·enne

noun \shī-ˈan, -ˈen\
plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes

Definition of CHEYENNE

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

Origin of CHEYENNE

American French, from Dakota šahíyena
First Known Use: 1778

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