Shawnee

noun

Shaw·nee shȯ-ˈnē

shä-

plural Shawnee or Shawnees : a member of an Indigenous people originally of the central Ohio valley

: the Algonquian language of the Shawnee people

Etymology

back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, literally, southerners

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of Shawnee was in 1693

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“Shawnee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shawnee. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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Shawnee

noun

Shaw·nee shȯ-ˈnē

shä-

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the central Ohio valley

Shawnee

Shaw·nee shȯ-ˈnē

ˈshȯ-ˌnē;

shä-ˈnē,

ˈshä-ˌnē

city in northeastern Kansas on the southern edge of Kansas City population 62,209

city on the North Canadian River in central Oklahoma population 29,857

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