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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
The language of this tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
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name
A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin
Narrower terms: Pontiac, Tecumseh, Tecumtha
History
Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow.
Across languages
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