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cherokee
/ˈtʃɛɹəˌki/
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What does cherokee mean?
noun
- A member of an indigenous North American people.
proper noun
- An indigenous North American people.
- Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
More meanings (16)
proper noun
- 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.
- An unincorporated community in Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia.
- Ellipsis of Cherokee County.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃɛɹəˌki/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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This post, to which the Cherokee hostages were carried, was defended by cannon, and maintained by a small force under Colonel Cotymore.
In the South, Japanese honeysuckle and Cherokee rose perform this function extensively.
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A report then prevailing that the Cherokee Indians were murdering the frontier settlers, Marion turned out with his rifle, as a volunteer under governor Lyttleton.
After some time the Cherokee plan was abandoned.
On this occasion much resistance was expected, but the garrison abandoned the fort, and escaped to two British vessels, the Tamar and Cherokee, then lying in Charleston harbour.