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   Chey·enne

   /SHīˈan/

   noun

   • 1. a member of an Algonquian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma.
   • 2. the Algonquian language of the Cheyenne.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the Cheyenne or their language.

   Word Origin Canadian French, from Dakota šahíyena, from šaia ‘speak incoherently’, from ša ‘red’ + ya ‘speak’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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