Shawnee
pronunciation
How to pronounce Shawnee in British English:
UK [ˈʃɔ:ni:]
How to pronounce Shawnee in American English:
US [ʃɔˈni]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
- the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee people
Word Origin
- Shawnee
- Algonquian people, probably originally from what is now southern Ohio, 1670s, from Munsee sawanow, from Shawnee /ša:wanwa/, the people's self-designation, literally "person of the south."
Example
- 1. So , what dead-end street did you and shawnee hit ?
- 2. In shawnee , oklahoma , residents can follow the police and fire departments on twitter .
- 3. Some people doubt the accuracy of the blue jacket story , including family members of chief blue jacket , who say he was a shawnee indian , not a white man .
- 4. The algonquian language spoken by the shawnee people .
- 5. In the 17th century the shawnee were driven from their home by the iroquois , scattering into widely separated areas .