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Cherokee

Cherokee

9.1
A language spoken by a Native American people from the southeastern United States
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛrəki/
translation icon : cherokee
  • Part of MyHeritage is Cherokee, southeastern Cherokee, and there's a word in Cherokee called shante Ishta means single eye of the heart.

Examples

  • And because of the Internet, there's a kind of growth in Cherokee symbols and there are Unicode symbols for Cherokee.

  • I once wrote a long article in the Cherokee comparing the situation of the Palestinians.

  • "President Cleveland has just proclaimed the opening of the cherokee strip - September the 16th.” - The cherokee what?

    Cimarron (1960)

  • The Cherokee language is rich in history and is spoken by many members of the tribe today.

  • In school, we learned about the Cherokee and their traditional practices.

  • The museum features displays about the Cherokee and their contributions to American culture.

Synonyms

Cherokee language
vsCherokee
9.3

A language spoken by the Cherokee people in the southeastern United States

is the shorter name omitting the explicit word for the speech system

Compounds

Cherokee language
9.3

A language spoken by the Cherokee people in the southeastern United States

Cherokee rose
6.9

A climbing rose that has sweet-smelling white flowers and is grown in gardens

Surface Forms

Cherokee singular
Cherokees plural

Etymology

Cherokee came from a name used by nearby Native groups, probably Creek or Choctaw, that meant 'people who speak differently', and the people call their language Tsalagi. So Cherokee is also the name of the language of that people.