cherokee

/ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/

cherokee means an indigenous North American people.

cherokee is pronounced /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/.

Etymology

Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek language”)). Regardless of its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755.

name

An indigenous North American people.
Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah.
A town in Colbert County, Alabama.
Cherokee Village, Arkansas.
A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
A former gold mining settlement in Nevada County, California.
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Iowa.
A city in Crawford County, Kansas.
A census-designated place in Swain County and Jackson County, North Carolina, capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in San Saba County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.

noun

A member of an indigenous North American people.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

cherokeean 74% match — Of or pertaining to the Native American Cherokee culture. vs cherokee →
cheyenne 70% match — A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America. vs cherokee →
chiricahua 68% match — A member of a particular Native American tribe. vs cherokee →
chesapeake 63% match — Any member of the Chesapeake tribe. vs cherokee →
chippewa 63% match — A member of the Ojibwe people. vs cherokee →
aniyvwiya 63% match — The Cherokee people. vs cherokee →
chickasaw 62% match — A member of a Native American nation, now concentrated in southeastern Oklahoma. vs cherokee →
chippewan 61% match — Of or relating to the Chippewa people. vs cherokee →