CHEYENNE


Meaning of CHEYENNE in English

/ ʃaɪˈen; NAmE / noun

( pl. Chey·enne or Chey·ennes ) a member of a Native American people, many of whom now live in the US states of Oklahoma and Montana

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WORD ORIGIN

Canadian French , from Dakota (the language of the Sioux people) šahíyena , from šaia speak incoherently, from ša red + ya speak.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.