a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
Word origin
via Canadian French from Dakota Shaiyena, from shaia to speak incoherently, from sha red + ya to speak
Cheyenne in British English2
(ʃaɪˈæn, -ˈɛn)
noun
a city in SE Wyoming, capital of the state. Pop: 54 374 (2003 est)
Cheyenne in American English
(ʃaiˈen, -ˈæn)
nounWord forms: plural(for 1)-ennes or esp collectively -enne
1.
a member of a Native American people of the western plains, formerly in central Minnesota and North and South Dakota, and now divided between Montana and Oklahoma
2.
an Algonquian language, the language of the Cheyenne
3.
a city in and the capital of Wyoming, in the S part. 47,283