Shawnee

noun

Shaw·​nee shȯ-ˈnē 

shä-

1

plural Shawnee or Shawnees : a member of an Indigenous people originally of the central Ohio valley

2

: the Algonquian language of the Shawnee people

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from obsolete English Shawnese, ultimately from Shawnee ša·wano·ki, literally, southerners

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Shawnee

noun

Shaw·​nee shȯ-ˈnē 

shä-

: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the central Ohio valley

Geographical Definition

Shawnee

geographical name

Shaw·​nee shȯ-ˈnē 

ˈshȯ-ˌnē;

shä-ˈnē,

ˈshä-ˌnē

1

city in northeastern Kansas on the southern edge of Kansas City population 62,209

2

city on the North Canadian River in central Oklahoma population 29,857