noun
Cheyenne
sheye-AN
noun
1
A member of the Cheyenne, an Indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America.
"The Cheyenne were among the tribes involved in the Battle of the Little Bighorn."
name
1
The capital city of Wyoming, USA, named after the Cheyenne people.
"They flew into Cheyenne for the rodeo."
How to Use Cheyenne
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRefers to a Native American nation of the Great Plains, and also the capital city of Wyoming named for them.
Word Forms
Cheyenne plural, Cheyennes plural
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Etymology
Borrowed via French from a Dakota word describing people who "speak differently" or unintelligibly — an outside name rather than what the Cheyenne called themselves.