Cheyenne
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cheyenne in British English:
UK [ʃaɪˈen]
How to pronounce Cheyenne in American English:
US [ʃaɪˈɛn, -ˈæn]
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- Noun:
- the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state
- the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people
- a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
Word Origin
- Cheyenne
- 1778, from French Canadian, from Dakota Sahi'yena, a diminutive of Sahi'ya, a Dakotan name for the Cree people.
Example
- 1. Together he and cheyenne explored the community .
- 2. Dad named the pointer cheyenne .
- 3. In 2007 it convinced the national centre for atmospheric research to build a supercomputer centre in cheyenne .
- 4. I was surprised to see the many friends dad and cheyenne had made filling the church .