Cherokee
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7.2
- proper noun
- /ˈtʃɛrəki/
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cherokee
- Well, I come out from Cherokee County myself about two years ago.
- Cherokee Nation
- Cherokee counties
- Cherokee removal
and in the Cherokee traditions, there's actually a word for what we're about to do. It's it's the word that means the single eye of the heart.
- and in the Cherokee traditions, there's actually a word for what we're about to do. It's it's the word that means the single eye of the heart.
Examples
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An approach to identifying the problem with input from members of the Cherokee community was included.
Academic text (2011) -
The New Echota Treaty allowed the Cherokee Nation two years to move voluntarily.
Academic text (2011) -
We'll head south into Cherokee country and build back from there.
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So she is a child born to a Cherokee Indian father and a white mother.
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The number of soldiers and garrisons in the Cherokee Nation suggested otherwise.
Academic text (2011) -
Within Oklahoma, there are two federally recognized Cherokee tribes, each with a distinct tribal government.
Academic text (2011) -
Nathan was temporarily free but denied permission to return to Cherokee lands within the boundaries of Georgia.
Fiction book (1994) -
If you know the story of the Cherokee, they started out in the Northeast and they're pushed and they're pushed and they're pushed.
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She is proud to be a Cherokee and actively participates in community events to celebrate her heritage.
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The Cherokee have a rich cultural history that includes traditional storytelling and ceremonies.
Synonyms
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3.4
A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
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3.7
A person from the original people of a place, not later settlers
4
8.6
A person from the first people living in a place before others arrived
2
7.6
A member of the first people who lived in a region
A person who lives in a small community that shares the same customs
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cherokee is a name that other nearby Native groups gave, likely from Creek or Choctaw, meaning 'people who speak differently'. That is why Cherokee is used as the proper name for a member of that nation.