Cherokee

[ cher-uh-kee, cher-uh-kee ]

noun

, plural Cher·o·kees, (especially collectively) Cher·o·kee

1. a member of an important tribe of North American Indians whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma.
2. the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, written since 1822 in a syllabic script invented for the language by Sequoya.

Cherokee

/ ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː; ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː /

noun

1. -kees-kee a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Example Sentences

Sneed viewed his tribe’s relationship with the team as “a platform” to tell the story of Cherokee culture.

From Washington Post

The Cherokee have been foraging ramps for centuries, and they recommend cutting off only the tops of the plants and leaving the roots still growing, instead of pulling out the entire plant.

From Vox

Investigators from the Cherokee County sheriff’s office arrived and interviewed Long.

From Washington Post

One bullet struck a parked Jeep Cherokee and a Mercedes-Benz being driven on South Capitol Street.

From Washington Post

A clinic officer, Richard Howard, said in his report that the green Jeep Cherokee driven by Hayward was speeding and making illegally wide turns.

From ProPublica

Then he called out “Cherokee,” the name of one of the most famous, and fastest, tunes in the bebop repertoire.

From The Daily Beast

Currently Cherokee, Hawaiian, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Kalaallisut, and Navajo are supported.

From The Daily Beast

Encouraged by this success, Audi, Grand Cherokee and Ram all have plans to launch diesel vehicles going forward.

From The Daily Beast

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee, for example, can get up to 30 miles per gallon on the highway.

From The Daily Beast

The results were driven in part by the popularity of Ram Trucks, the Dodge Durango SUV, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

From The Daily Beast

During the last year such a convocation was held at Tahlequah, the seat of the Cherokee government.

From Project Gutenberg

Their territory reaches to a point opposite the junction of the Neosho, and is protracted thence north to the Cherokee boundary.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence, both the Vey and the Cherokee, the two latest coinages in the way of alphabets, are both syllabic.

From Project Gutenberg

An interesting Cherokee myth is that which recounts the origin of disease, and the consequent institution of curative medicine.

From Project Gutenberg

Later the Cherokee Indians changed the council fire into a barbecue, where they roasted whole beefs in pits of glowing coals.

From Project Gutenberg