Cherokee

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• /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/
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• CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R AH0 K IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 language”)). Regardless of its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الكهفي — indigenous North American people
• Bulgarian: черо́ки (čeróki) — indigenous North American people
• Bunun: Ciluki — indigenous North American people
• Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi) — indigenous North American people
• Dutch: Cherokee — indigenous North American people
• Finnish: cherokeet — indigenous North American people
• French: Cherokees — indigenous North American people
• Georgian: ჩეროკი (čeroḳi) — indigenous North American people
• German: Cherokesen — indigenous North American people
• German: Tscherokesen — indigenous North American people
• Greek: Τσερόκι (Tseróki) — indigenous North American people
• Irish: Seiricíoch — indigenous North American people
• Navajo: Chééwokii dineʼé — indigenous North American people
• Persian: چروکی — indigenous North American people
• Polish: Czirokezi — indigenous North American people
• Portuguese: cherokees — indigenous North American people
• Portuguese: cheroquis — indigenous North American people
• Russian: черо́ки (čeróki) — indigenous North American people
• Spanish: cheroquí — indigenous North American people
• Swahili: Mcherokii — indigenous North American people
• Swedish: Cherokeser — indigenous North American people
• Unami: Katuhook — indigenous North American people
• Armenian: չերոկի (čʻeroki) — language
• Bulgarian: черо́кски (čerókski) — language
• Bulgarian: черо́кски ези́к (čerókski ezík) — language
• Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (tsalagi gawonihisdi) — language
• Chinese Mandarin: 切羅基語 /切罗基语 (qiēluōjīyǔ) — language
• Dutch: Cherokee — language
• Esperanto: ĉeroka — language
• Farefare: seroki — language
• Finnish: cherokee — language
• French: cherokee — language
• West-Frisian: Sjeroky — language
• Georgian: ჩეროკი (čeroḳi) — language
• German: Tscherokesisch — language
• German: Cherokee — language
• Irish: Seiricis — language
• Japanese: チェロキー語 (cherokī-go) — language
• Korean: 체로키어 (cherokieo) — language
• Kyrgyz: черокиче (cerokice) — language
• Mapudungun: chiroki dungun — language
• Navajo: Chééwokii dineʼé bizaad — language
• Persian: چروکی — language
• Polish: czirokeski — language
• Portuguese: cherokee — language
• Portuguese: cheroqui — language
• Russian: черо́ки (čeróki) — language
• Russian: язы́к черо́ки (jazýk čeróki) — language
• Spanish: cheroquí — language
• Swahili: Kicherokii — language
• Swedish: cherokesiska — language
• Volapük: cirog — language
• Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏙᏗ (tsalagi digowelododi) — syllabary
• Finnish: cherokee-kirjoitus — syllabary
• French: cherokee — syllabary
• Irish: siollabra Seiricíoch — syllabary
• Portuguese: cherokee — syllabary
• Portuguese: cheroqui — syllabary
• Russian: черо́ки (čeróki) — syllabary
• Spanish: cheroquí — syllabary
• Swahili: Kicherokii — syllabary
• Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi) — capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
• Cherokee: ᎡᎳᏬᏗ (elawodi) — capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
• Cherokee: ᎠᏣᎳᎩ (atsalagi) — individual member of this people
• Czech: Čerokí — individual member of this people
• Czech: Čerokéz — individual member of this people
• Finnish: cherokee — individual member of this people
• German: Tscherokese — individual member of this people
• Hindi: चेरोकी (cerokī) — individual member of this people
• Marathi: चेरोकी (cerokī) — individual member of this people
• Portuguese: cherokee — individual member of this people
• Portuguese: cheroqui — individual member of this people
• Unami: katuhò — individual member of this people