Cherokee

== English == === Etymology === Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek language”)). Whatever its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/ === Noun === Cherokee (plural Cherokees or Cherokee) A member of an indigenous North American people. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Cherokee An indigenous North American people. Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina. A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah. A town in Colbert County, Alabama. Cherokee Village, Arkansas. A census-designated place in Butte County, California. A former gold mining settlement in Nevada County, California. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Iowa. A city in Crawford County, Kansas. A census-designated place in Swain County and Jackson County, North Carolina, capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio. A city, the county seat of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee. An unincorporated community in San Saba County, Texas. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia. An unincorporated community in Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin. A locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia. Ellipsis of Cherokee County. ==== Synonyms ==== (the Arkansas and Tennessee communities) Cherokee Village ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Cherokee, chr ⁠ == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Cherokee. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Che‧ro‧kee === Proper noun === Cherokee n the Cherokee language === Proper noun === Cherokee pl Cherokee people === Noun === Cherokee m (plural Cherokees, no diminutive) a member of the Cherokee people