I. shȯ-ˈnē, shä- noun
( plural Shawnee or Shawnees )
Etymology: back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, literally, southerners
Date: 1728
1. : a member of an American Indian people originally of the central Ohio valley
2. : the Algonquian language of the Shawnee people
II. shȯ-ˈnē, ˈshȯ-ˌ; shä-ˈnē, ˈshä-ˌ geographical name
1. city NE Kansas S of Kansas City population 47,996
2. city central Oklahoma population 28,692