Cherokees

Variant of Cherokee

Cherokee definition

Chero·kee (c̸her′ə kē′)

noun

  1. pl. Cherokees -·kees′ or Cherokee -·kee′ 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
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

Etymology: < extinct dial. form of Cherokee tsalaki, a self-designation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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