SHAWNEES

Meaning of SHAWNEES in English

( n. pl. )

A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SHAWNEES — (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven …
Английский словарь Webster
SHAWNEES — noun ·pl a tribe of north american indians who occupied western new york and part of ohio, but were driven …
Webster English vocab
SHAWNEE — (ˈ)shȯ|nē, (ˈ)shä|- noun also shaw·a·nee |shȯ(w)ə|nē ; or shaw·a·no -nō ( plural shawnee or shawnees ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAWANESE SALAD — |shȯ(w)ə|nēz-, -ēs- noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st S Etymology: shawanese from obsolete English Shawanese Shawnee, Shawnees — more at shawnee …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LENNI-LENAPE — (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America …
Английский словарь Webster
LENNI-LENAPE — ( n. pl. ) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAWNEE — /shaw nee"/ , n. , pl. Shawnees , ( esp. collectively ) Shawnee . 1. a member of an Algonquian-speaking …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAWNEE — I. shȯ-ˈnē, shä- noun ( plural Shawnee or Shawnees ) Etymology: back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LENNI-LENAPE — noun ·pl a general name for a group of algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of north america …
Webster English vocab
SHAWNEE — [Shaw.nee] n, pl Shawnee or Shawnees [back-formation fr. obs. E Shawnese, ultim. fr. Shawnee shawanoki, lit., southerners] (1769) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TERRE HAUTE — city, seat (1818) of Vigo county, western Indiana, U.S. It lies on a 10-mile (16-km) square plateau above the Wabash …
Britannica English vocabulary
PROPHET, THE — born , c. March 1768, Old Chillicothe, Ohio died 1834, Argentine, Kan., U.S. byname of Tenskwatawa North American Shawnee Indian …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLARK, GEORGE ROGERS — born Nov. 19, 1752, Albemarle County, Va. died Feb. 13, 1818, near Louisville, Ky., U.S. frontier military leader in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ABET — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN aiding ▪ Both were accused of aiding and abetting the transfer abroad of £2.6m …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHAWNEE — n ( pl Shawnees or Shawnee ) a member of a Native-American people living mostly in Oklahoma . They first …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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