cherokee

Cher·o·kee

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [cher-uh-kee, cher-uh-kee]
- /ˈtʃɛr əˌki, ˌtʃɛr əˈki/
- /ˈtʃe.rəˌk.i/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [cher-uh-kee, cher-uh-kee]
- /ˈtʃɛr əˌki, ˌtʃɛr əˈki/

Definitions of cherokee word

noun cherokee a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples 3
noun cherokee the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family 3
noun cherokee a member of a North American Indian people formerly inhabiting a large area of the S Appalachian Mountains, now living in Oklahoma and North Carolina 3
noun cherokee the Iroquoian language of this people 3
noun plural cherokee a member of an important tribe of North American Indians whose first known center was in the southern Alleghenies and who presently live in North Carolina and Oklahoma. 1
noun plural cherokee the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, written since 1822 in a syllabic script invented for the language by Sequoya. 1

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cherokee popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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