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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHEYENNES

CHEYENNES Chey *ennes ", n. pl. ; sing. cheyenne. (Ethnol.)

 

Defn: A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Cheyenne

Chey enne 1 |SHīˈan, SHīˈen ˌʃaɪˈɛn | the capital of Wyoming, in the southeastern part of the state; pop. 56,915 (est. 2008 ).

 

Cheyenne

Chey enne 2 |SHīˈan ʃaɪˈen | noun ( pl. same or Cheyennes ) 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma. 2 the Algonquian language of this people. adjective of or relating to the Cheyenne or their language. ORIGIN Canadian French, from Dakota šahíyena, little Cree.

 

Cheyenne River

Chey enne Riv er a river that flows for 530 miles (850 km ) from northeastern Wyoming into western South Dakota to join the Missouri River at Lake Oahe.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Cheyenne

Cheyenne 1 |ʃʌɪˈan, -ˈɛn | the state capital of Wyoming; pop. 56,915 (est. 2008 ).

 

Cheyenne

Cheyenne 2 |ʃʌɪˈan | noun ( pl. same or Cheyennes ) 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma. 2 [ mass noun ] the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne, now almost extinct. adjective relating to the Cheyenne or their language. ORIGIN Canadian French, from Dakota šahíyena, from šaia speak incoherently , from ša red + ya speak .

 

Cheyenne River

Chey enne Riv er a river that flows for 530 miles (850 km ) from northeastern Wyoming into western South Dakota to join the Missouri River at Lake Oahe.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cheyenne

Chey enne Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, feminin , der oder die |ʃa͜iˈɛn |der Cheyenne; Genitiv: des Cheyenne, Plural: die Cheyenne und die Cheyenne; Genitiv: der Cheyenne, Plural: die Cheyenne Angehörige [r ] eines nordamerikanischen Indianerstammes

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Cheyenne

Chey enne /ʃàɪǽn /名詞 s, 1 C シャイアン族 (の人 ) 〘米国西部の北米先住民の一部族 〙.2 U シャイアン語 .3 シャイアン 〘米国Wyoming州の州都 〙.