noun
Cherokee
cheh-ruh-KEE
noun
1
A member of the Cherokee Nation, an Indigenous people originally from the southeastern United States.
"Her great-grandmother was Cherokee."
How to Use Cherokee
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRefers to a Native American nation and its people, originally from what is now the southeastern US.
Word Forms
Cherokees plural, Cherokee plural
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Etymology
The name likely comes from the Cherokee people's own name for themselves, Tsalagi, though several rival origin stories exist from neighbouring Native languages.