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Shawnee
noun Shaw·nee \shȯ-ˈnē, shä-\
plural Shawnee or Shawnees
Definition of SHAWNEE
1
: a member of an American Indian people originally of the central Ohio valley
2
: the Algonquian language of the Shawnee people
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Origin of SHAWNEE
back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, literally, southerners
Shawnee
geographical name Shaw·nee \shȯ-ˈnē, ˈshȯ-ˌ; shä-ˈnē, ˈshä-ˌ\
Definition of SHAWNEE
1
city NE Kansas S of Kansas City pop 62,209
2
city cen Oklahoma pop 29,857
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