Cheyenne

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”). === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ʃaɪˈæn/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ʃaɪˈeə̯n/, /ʃaɪˈɛə̯n/ Rhymes: -æn IPA(key): /ʃaɪˈɛn/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ʃaɪˈɪ̟n/ Homophone: Shyanne Rhymes: -ɛn Hyphenation: Chey‧enne === Noun === Cheyenne (plural Cheyenne or Cheyennes) A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Cheyenne An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people. The capital and largest city of Wyoming, United States and the county seat of Laramie County; named for the people. 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. A town, the county seat of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. A female or male given name of modern American usage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Cheyenne terms === References === === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Cheyenne, chy ⁠ Cheyenne Dictionary Cheyenne Language Web Site Wikipedia Cheyenne language edition == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dakota šahíyena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɛ.jɛn/ ~ /ʃe.jɛn/ Hyphenation: Chey‧enne === Noun === Cheyenne m or f by sense (plural Cheyennes) Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)