Cheyenne
Americannoun
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Cheyennes,
plural
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Cheyenne
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a member of a North American Indian people of the western plains, formerly in central Minnesota and North and South Dakota, and now divided between Montana and Oklahoma.
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an Algonquian language, the language of the Cheyenne Indians.
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a city in and the capital of Wyoming, in the S part.
noun
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a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Cheyenne
via Canadian French from Dakota Shaiyena, from shaia to speak incoherently, from sha red + ya to speak
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She was quickly pulled away by teammate Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, but was still upset as she walked away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Later on Saturday morning, Politico said its reporter Cheyenne Haslett was denied entry and Secret Service revoked her pass.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
After stops including Indiana, Ohio and New York, the train is traveling back west toward Cheyenne, Wyo., where it will park on July 29.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cheyenne Hunt, the executive director of progressive nonprofit Gen Z for Change and one of those involved in the Swalwell allegations becoming public, has offered to help former Swalwell staffers find new jobs.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
A column made up of Lakota, a few Dakota and Nakota, Cheyenne, and a few Arapaho.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
Like the other traditionals among the Cheyennes and Lakotas, he had desired simply to follow the old way of life—hunting buffalo, raiding tribal enemies and camping where he wished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“I see this newspaper clipping and it’s Southern Cheyennes in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1875. I know enough about my tribe’s history to know that we were never in Florida.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
For some Cheyennes, every treaty that peace chiefs signed and that the U.S. government broke made violence look more sensible than acquiescence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
He counts among his friends a tribal elder of the Northern Cheyennes, the artist behind the hit single “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” and the president of the United States of America.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2016
When the Cheyennes heard this war-cry, which told them that the attacking party were Pawnees, their hearts became like water, and they turned and fled.
From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by George Bird Grinnell
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