单词 | Cherokee |
释义 | Cherokee/ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː /noun (plural same or Cherokees) 1A member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the southern US, now living on reservations in Oklahoma and North Carolina.Many Indians died when the United States army took the Cherokees to Oklahoma....
2 [mass noun] The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee, which has had its own script since 1820 and has about 11,000 speakers.It is used in the Indian churches and at the stomp grounds, and many children still grow up with Cherokee as their first language, learning English when they go to school....
adjective Relating to the Cherokee or their language.The nation was overrun by refugees from the Creek and Cherokee nations, however, which were occupied by troops....
OriginFrom obsolete Cherokee tsaraki, earlier form of tsaliki. |
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