"Cheyenne" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ʃaɪˈɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia, 'to speak incoherently', from Dakota ša, 'red' and Dakota ya, 'to speak'. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Cheyenne}} French Cheyenne, {{der|en|dak|šahíyena}} Dakota šahíyena, {{der|en|dak|šaia}} Dakota šaia, {{der|en|dak|ša}} Dakota ša, {{der|en|dak|ya}} Dakota ya Head templates: {{en-prop}} Cheyenne
  1. An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people. Derived forms: Cheyenne Wells Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Cheyenne terms
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-name-zef6Mu8I
  2. The capital and largest city of Wyoming, United States and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Categories (place): Cities in Wyoming, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Wyoming, USA, Places in the United States, State capitals of the United States, Native American tribes Translations (city in Wyoming): Cheyenne (Danish), Cheyenne (German), Τσεγιέν (Tsegién) [feminine] (Greek), Cheyenna (Latin), Šaiena [feminine] (Latvian), Чейе́нн (Čejénn) (Russian), Шайе́нн (Šajénn) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-name-5YdtpiA3 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 7 23 21 22 14 12 Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 0 33 35 25 1 6 Categories (other): County seats of Wyoming, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 13 34 4 12 Disambiguation of 'city in Wyoming': 0 46 32 21 1
  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. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Categories (place): Places in the United States, Rivers in the United States, Native American tribes Translations (river in Wyoming and South Dakota): Wakpá Wašté (Lakota)
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-name-uiNej7hM Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 7 23 21 22 14 12 Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 0 33 35 25 1 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 13 34 4 12 Disambiguation of 'river in Wyoming and South Dakota': 2 30 39 27 3
  4. A town, the county seat of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Categories (place): Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Oklahoma, USA, Towns in the United States, Native American tribes
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-name-3gOovzHm Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 7 23 21 22 14 12 Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 0 33 35 25 1 6 Categories (other): County seats of Oklahoma, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 13 34 4 12
  5. A female or male given name of modern American usage. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, Ethnonyms, Languages
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-name-x8MdukHd Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 4 18 16 19 33 10 Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 7 23 21 22 14 12 Disambiguation of Languages: 16 17 14 18 29 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (language): շեյեն (šeyen) (Armenian), Tsêhesenêstsestôtse (Cheyenne), cheyenne (Finnish), cheyenne dungun (Mapudungun), чейе́нн (čejénn) (Russian), шайе́нн (šajénn) [masculine] (Russian), cheyenne [neuter] (Swedish), sayénuna (Taos)
Disambiguation of 'language': 25 23 8 27 16

Noun

IPA: /ʃaɪˈɛn/ Forms: Cheyenne [plural], Cheyennes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia, 'to speak incoherently', from Dakota ša, 'red' and Dakota ya, 'to speak'. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Cheyenne}} French Cheyenne, {{der|en|dak|šahíyena}} Dakota šahíyena, {{der|en|dak|šaia}} Dakota šaia, {{der|en|dak|ša}} Dakota ša, {{der|en|dak|ya}} Dakota ya Head templates: {{en-noun|Cheyenne|s}} Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes)
  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Derived forms: Cheyenne County Translations (member of the Cheyenne people): Tsétsêhéstaestse (Cheyenne), Tsitsistaists (Cheyenne), Čejen [masculine] (Czech), Šahíyena (Dakota), Cheyenne [feminine, masculine] (French), Τσεγιέν (Tsegién) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), Šahíyela (Lakota), Czejen [masculine] (Polish), Czejenka [feminine] (Polish), cheyenne [common-gender] (Swedish), Shëlatihka (Unami)
    Sense id: en-Cheyenne-en-noun-UDUv3BoA Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 7 23 21 22 14 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 13 34 4 12

Inflected forms

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