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

Investigators located a tattoo with the name “Cheyenne” and a lily on her right arm, which helped to identify Brown, who was four months pregnant, but Davis said investigators are still trying to determine the second person’s identity.

From The Daily Beast

We’re 40 miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and damn near every year you get these ground blizzards, snow driven by wind, and people pull off the highway and can’t see anything and make the mistake of getting out of their car.

From Nautilus

He and his scouts are fighting a ferocious group of Cheyenne warriors.

From Time

The audience holds its breath as the terrifying Cheyenne appear to be gaining the upper hand.

From Time

The Cheyenne and Comanche named them for what they saw as a similarity of the soldiers’ hair and skin color to that of the American bison, historians say.

From Washington Post

Since then, similar allegations have emerged from five other facilities, including ones in Cheyenne and San Antonio.

From The Daily Beast

There is a clear pattern to the claims of wrongdoing, a line that can be drawn from San Antonio through Phoenix to Cheyenne.

From The Daily Beast

An email allegedly written by David Newman, an employee of the Cheyenne VA, reads like a how-to manual for cooking the books.

From The Daily Beast

The latest case of a VA facility placing veterans on a secret waiting list centers on a facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

From The Daily Beast

After supper, you can watch Stagecoach or The Searchers or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon or Cheyenne Autumn.

From The Daily Beast

Historic Cheyenne, with its years of background in gathering humanity to its playdays, was little better than the rest.

From Project Gutenberg

We had a fine lunch out this side of Cheyenne, but the supper last night was far beyond anything I have ever enjoyed.

From Project Gutenberg

I believe those Kiowas near the Cheyenne camp sent up that smoke to tell their friends where they are.

From Project Gutenberg

They felt certain that a company of Kiowas had gone to participate in the attack on the Cheyenne camp.

From Project Gutenberg

They made savage use of their heavy riding quirts, and the Cheyenne ponies increased their speed.

From Project Gutenberg