Shawnee

noun Shaw·nee \shȯ-ˈnē, shä-\

plural Shawnee or Shawnees

Definition of SHAWNEE

: a member of an American Indian people originally of the central Ohio valley

: the Algonquian language of the Shawnee people

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back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, literally, southerners

First Known Use: 1728

geographical name Shaw·nee \shȯ-ˈnē, ˈshȯ-ˌ; shä-ˈnē, ˈshä-ˌ\

city NE Kansas S of Kansas City pop 62,209

city cen Oklahoma pop 29,857

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