English Explanatory Dictionary

Shawnee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.
adj
  1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.
name
  1. The language of this tribe.
  2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
  3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
noun
  1. Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Shawnee.wav

Word forms

Shawnee Shawnees

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.

Related words

Shawnese

Derived words

Shawnee County
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