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Cheyenne

Cheyenne

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The capital and largest city of Wyoming in the southeast of the state
  • proper noun
  • /ʃaɪˈæn/
: Cheyenne
  • I am a member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe and am very involved in Native American activities.

And he says, we're going on tonight, going on to Cheyenne to meet up with Obinson.

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Examples

  • The U.S. military waited until the friendly Cheyenne Braves had all gone hunting.

  • And he was in Cheyenne, WY and his first name was Walt.

  • The news passed through the Cheyenne camp with such alarm that near silence hung heavy among them.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Hi, this is Melody from Cheyenne, WY.

  • By 1898, the leading cause of death among Northern Cheyenne adults was tuberculosis.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Acceptance of Hurst's offer may have prevented a massacre on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Well, Mr. Akston was rumored to have opened a roadside diner near Cheyenne.

  • The annual Frontier Days festival in Cheyenne, Wyoming, attracts thousands of visitors each summer.

  • After driving through the scenic highways, we finally arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming for the annual rodeo.

  • Many tourists visit Cheyenne to experience the local attractions and the famous Frontier Days festival.

Compounds

A language spoken by the Cheyenne people in Montana and Oklahoma

Surface Forms

Cheyenne main

Etymology

Cheyenne is the name of a Native American people, and the city was named after that tribe, so the city's name reminds us of the Cheyenne people who lived on the Great Plains.