Cherokee
Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/
The English word “Cherokee” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- A member of an indigenous North American people.
proper noun
- An indigenous North American people.
- Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
- A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah.
- Cherokee Village, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in San Saba County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Etymology
Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek…
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