Shawnee
See also: shawnee
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow.
Noun
Shawnee (plural Shawnees or Shawnee)
- A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.
Adjective
Shawnee (not comparable)
- Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.
Proper noun
Shawnee
- The language of this tribe.
- A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
- 2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 292:
- The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn.
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- A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Derived terms
- Shawnee County
See also
- Shawnese
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Shawnee, sjw
