SHAWNEE Meaning of SHAWNEE in English [ ʃɔ:'ni: ]■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an American Indian people formerly living in the eastern US. 2》 the Algonquian language of the ~.Originthe name in Delaware. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004