Cheyenne

Cheyenne

See also: cheyenne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaɪˈæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)

1. A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.

Derived terms

• Cheyenne County

Translations

member of the Cheyenne people

Cheyenne: Tsétsêhéstaestse, Tsitsistaists Czech: Čejen m Dakota: Šahíyena French: Cheyenne (fr) m or f Greek: Τσεγιέν (el) m or f (Tsegién) Lakota: Šahíyela Polish: Czejen (pl) m, Czejenka (pl) f Swedish: cheyenne (sv) c Unami: Shëlatihka

Proper noun

Cheyenne

1. An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people.
2. The capital and largest city of Wyoming, United States and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people.
3. A river in the United States; flowing 295 miles from the confluence of the Antelope and Dry Fork creeks in Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming into Lake Oahe, a reservoir of the Missouri River, at Mission Ridge, South Dakota.
4. A town, the county seat of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States.
5. A female or male given name of modern American usage.

Derived terms

• Cheyenne Wells

Translations

language

Armenian: շեյեն (hy) (šeyen) Cheyenne: Tsêhesenêstsestôtse Finnish: cheyenne (fi) Mapudungun: cheyenne dungun Russian: чейе́нн (čejénn), шайе́нн m (šajénn) Swedish: cheyenne (sv) n Taos: sayénuna

city in Wyoming

Danish: Cheyenne German: Cheyenne (de) Greek: Τσεγιέν (el) f (Tsegién) Latin: Cheyenna Latvian: Šaiena f Russian: Чейе́нн (Čejénn), Шайе́нн m (Šajénn)

river in Wyoming and South Dakota

Lakota: Wakpá Wašté

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cheyenne terms

References

1. “Cheyenne”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
2. “What is the origin of the word "Cheyenne"?”, in Cheyenne Language Web Site‎, 2002-03-03, archived from the original on 2009-08-07, retrieved September 21, 2007

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Cheyenne, chy ⁠
• Cheyenne Dictionary
• Cheyenne Language Web Site
• Wikipedia Cheyenne language edition

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French

Etymology

From Dakota šahíyena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ.jɛn/, /ʃe.jɛn/

Noun

Cheyenne m or f by sense (plural Cheyennes)

1. Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)