plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes
Definition of Cheyenne
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the western plains of the U.S.
2 : the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne people
Cheyenne
geographical nameDefinition of Cheyenne (Entry 2 of 2)
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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The first known use of Cheyenne was in 1778
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