Shawnee
Americannoun
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a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
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the Algonquian language of the Shawnee tribe.
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a town in E Kansas.
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a city in central Oklahoma.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Tennessee River
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the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Shawnee
1720–30, 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
Example Sentences
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Shawnee Smith in "Saw" However, we’d be remiss if we didn’t consider the “Saw” movies, which sit at the other end of Perkins’ spectrum of pastiche.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
And when chiseled turkey bones were unearthed on Tennessee land once inhabited by the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and Yuchi peoples, archaeologists weren’t sure if they were for tattooing, medicinal uses or leatherworking.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024
The strongest response came from Michelle Hubbard, the Shawnee Mission superintendent, in her district’s response in December.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024
AI can never replicate the quality of humans when it comes to storytelling, argues Shawnee Gibbs.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2024
The Shawnee lived primarily in what is now known as Pennsylvania and Ohio.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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