Comanche Definition

kə-mănchē
comanches
noun
A member of a North American Indian people that formerly ranged from the Platte River to the Mexican border and now lives in Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
The Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche.
American Heritage
The Shoshone dialect of this people.
Webster's New World

A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A North American ethnic group/people who reside especially in Texas and Oklahoma.

Wiktionary

The nation of these people.

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adjective
Of or pertaining to the Comanche people, culture, or language.
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Other Word Forms of Comanche

Noun

Singular:
Comanche
Plural:
comanches

Origin of Comanche

  • Probably from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ (“the people”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from Ute kɨmmanči

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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