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Cheyenne

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Noun

1. capital of wyoming, cheyenne

the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state

2. cheyenne

the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne

3. cheyenne

a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cheyenne

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noun
1. plural -enne or -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
noun
a city in SE Wyoming, capital of the state. Pop: 54 374 (2003 est)

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Cheyenne

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noun
1. Word forms: plural Cheyˈennes or Cheyˈenne
a member of a North American Indian people that migrated from Minnesota to the headwaters of the Platte River, and into S Colorado and SW Kansas, and now lives in Oklahoma
2. 
the Algonquian language of this people
1. 
capital of Wyo., in the SE part: pop. 53,000
2. 
river in E Wyo. and W S.Dak., flowing northeast into the Missouri: 527 mi (848 km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cheyenne

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n. pl. Cheyenne or Chey·ennes
1. A member of a Native American people, divided after 1832 into the Northern and Southern Cheyenne, inhabiting respectively southeast Montana and southern Colorado, with present-day populations in Montana and Oklahoma. The Cheyenne became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating to the Great Plains in the 18th century and figured prominently in the resistance by Plains Indians to white encroachment.
2. The Algonquian language of the Cheyenne.
The capital of Wyoming, in the southeast part of the state near the Nebraska and Colorado borders. It was founded in 1867 as a division point for the Union Pacific Railroad.

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