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Shawnee

[ shaw-nee ]

noun

, plural Shaw·nees, (especially collectively) Shaw·nee.
  1. a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
  2. the Algonquian language of the Shawnee tribe.
  3. a town in E Kansas.
  4. a city in central Oklahoma.


Shawnee

/ ʃɔːˈniː /

noun

  1. -nees-nee a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Tennessee River
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shawnee1

1720–30, Americanism; back formation from earlier Shawnese, Shawanese (construed as plural), reshaping (with -ese ) of earlier Shawanoes (plural) < Munsee Delaware šá·wano·w (singular) < Shawnee ša·wano·ki Shawnees, literally, people of the south

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shawnee1

C20: back formation from obsolete Shawnese, from Shawnee Shaawanwaaki people of the south, from shaawanawa south

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Example Sentences

In the 18th century, the Wyandot, Delaware and Shawnee passed through the area and called the river “Hockhocking,” which inspired the park’s name.

We descended a fantastical stone staircase, one of many highlights at Shawnee completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

The winner of the primary is likely to face Shawnee County district attorney Chad Taylor in November.

Two miles from camp they were attacked by the Shawnee Indians, and one of them was killed.

I had no love for Shawnee or Mingo, but my mind held room for something besides schemes for bloodletting.

Cousin was fairly out of his head with the lust to kill the chief, but the Shawnee took no chances.

The path was well worn, and the fork we followed ended at the Scioto above Chillicothe, the principal Shawnee town.

Then for a climax a raft struck against the bank and a low voice speaking Shawnee gave some sharp orders.

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