Definition of Cheyenne
Cheyenne
orCheyennes
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the western plains of the U.S.
2 : the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne people
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Origin and Etymology of cheyenne
American French, from Dakota šahíyena
First Known Use: 1778
Cheyenne
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Chey·enne
\shī-ˈan, -ˈen\
Definition of Cheyenne
1 river 527 miles (850 kilometers) long in South Dakota flowing northeast into the Missouri River
2 city in southeastern Wyoming, the state capital population 59,466
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