"Shawnee" meaning in English

See Shawnee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sjw|Shawanwa||Shawnee}} Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”), {{m|sjw|shawanoki||southerners}} shawanoki (“southerners”), {{cog|umu|sawanow}} Munsee sawanow Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Shawnee (not comparable)
  1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Shawnee-en-adj-H23sh7Bu

Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sjw|Shawanwa||Shawnee}} Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”), {{m|sjw|shawanoki||southerners}} shawanoki (“southerners”), {{cog|umu|sawanow}} Munsee sawanow Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shawnee
  1. The language of this tribe.
    Sense id: en-Shawnee-en-name-mwrfSj-l
  2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Languages
    Sense id: en-Shawnee-en-name-VDx7rGAq Disambiguation of Languages: 3 22 53 13 9
  3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Oklahoma, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Native American tribes
    Sense id: en-Shawnee-en-name-BtfIQn5v Disambiguation of Native American tribes: 1 1 2 76 20 Categories (other): County seats of Oklahoma, USA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Shawnee County Related terms: Shawnese

Noun

Forms: Shawnees [plural], Shawnee [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sjw|Shawanwa||Shawnee}} Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”), {{m|sjw|shawanoki||southerners}} shawanoki (“southerners”), {{cog|umu|sawanow}} Munsee sawanow Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Shawnee}} Shawnee (plural Shawnees or Shawnee)
  1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.
    Sense id: en-Shawnee-en-noun-BQkMpf9s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 8 12 27 49

Inflected forms

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