Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-(ˌ)kē 
ˈche-rə-
1
plural Cherokee or Cherokees
: a member of a nation of once-nomadic Indigenous peoples located originally in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee people
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Officers were alerted around 9:30 a.m. on Monday to a gray 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that had been reported stolen out of Orange that was in the area of Meriden Waterbury Turnpike, according to the Southington Police Department.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
And on July 7, a Cook County judge issued an arrest warrant for Lipsey that accused him of using a fake vehicle title and fake driver’s license to sell a 2021 Jeep Cherokee in Country Club Hills.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
On Saturday at 9:31 p.m. the NWS Morristown TN issued a flood advisory in effect until 11:30 p.m. for Cherokee County.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2025
Some like to give the heirloom varieties of Brandywine, German Giant, Cherokee Purple and Pruden’s Purple a try too, but expect more pest problems.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
And on July 7, a Cook County judge issued an arrest warrant for Lipsey that accused him of using a fake vehicle title and fake driver’s license to sell a 2021 Jeep Cherokee in Country Club Hills.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
On Saturday at 9:31 p.m. the NWS Morristown TN issued a flood advisory in effect until 11:30 p.m. for Cherokee County.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2025
Some like to give the heirloom varieties of Brandywine, German Giant, Cherokee Purple and Pruden’s Purple a try too, but expect more pest problems.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Cherokee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cherokee. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-ˌkē
: a member of an Indigenous people originally from Tennessee and North Carolina
also
: their language
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