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- [shaw-nee]
- /ʃɔˈni/
- /ˈʃɒ.ni/
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- [shaw-nee]
- /ʃɔˈni/
Definitions of shawnee word
- noun plural shawnee a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma. 1
- noun plural shawnee the Algonquian language of the Shawnee tribe. 1
- noun plural shawnee a town in E Kansas. 1
- noun plural shawnee a city in central Oklahoma. 1
- noun shawnee a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Tennessee River 0
- noun shawnee the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family 0
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Origin of shawnee
First appearance:
before 1720 One of the 49% newest English words
1720-30, Americanism; back formation from earlier Shawnese, Shawanese (construed as plural), reshaping (with -ese) of earlier Shawanoes (plural) < Munsee Delaware šá·wano·w (singular) < Shawnee ša·wano·ki Shawnees, literally, people of the south
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Parts of speech for Shawnee
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shawnee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% 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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