Cherokee
noun
- pl. Cherokees or 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
- the Iroquoian language of this people
See Cherokee in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(chĕrˈə-kēˌ, chĕrˌə-kēˈ)
noun pl. Cherokee Cherokee or
Cher·o·kees a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern Appalachian Mountains from the western Carolinas and eastern Tennessee to northern Georgia, with present-day populations in northeast Oklahoma and western North Carolina. The Cherokee were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s after conflict with American settlers over rights to traditional lands.
b. A member of this people.
- The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee.
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