Cheyenne

[ shahy-en, -an ]

noun

, plural Chey·ennes, (especially collectively) Chey·enne

1. 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.
2. an Algonquian language, the language of the Cheyenne Indians.
3. a city in and the capital of Wyoming, in the S part.

Cheyenne

¹

/ -ˈɛn; ʃaɪˈæn /

noun

1. a city in SE Wyoming, capital of the state. Pop: 54 374 (2003 est)

Cheyenne

²

/ ʃaɪˈæn /

noun

1. -enne-ennes a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cheyenne¹

via Canadian French from Dakota Shaiyena, from shaia to speak incoherently, from sha red + ya to speak

Example Sentences

The Concilio gala was at a private country club within the Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

From Los Angeles Times

Cheyenne Naeb, 26, walked away from Brittany Mansfield after shoving her in front of a stationary train on platform seven at Glasgow’s Queen Street Station in February last year.

From BBC

There she made more than a dozen films, including portraying a saloon singer in the 1947 western “Cheyenne” and a suspicious wife in Doris Day’s 1948 film debut, “Romance On the High Seas.”

From Los Angeles Times

Representatives of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe had urged the Biden administration to adopt the pollution rules to protect air quality on their reservation just south of Colstrip.

From Seattle Times

Warren base in Cheyenne, “presents a national security risk to the United States,” the president said in an executive order, because its equipment could be used for surveillance and espionage.

From New York Times