Shawnee

See also: shawnee

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow.

Noun

Shawnee (plural Shawnees or Shawnee)

  1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.

Adjective

Shawnee (not comparable)

  1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.

Proper noun

Shawnee

  1. The language of this tribe.
  2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
    • 2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 292:
      The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn.
  3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

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