Cherokee

Cher·o·kee  (chr-k, chr-k)

n. pl. Cherokee or Cher·o·kees

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern Appalachian Mountains from the western Carolinas and eastern Tennessee to northern Georgia, with present-day populations in northeast Oklahoma and western North Carolina. The Cherokee were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s after conflict with American settlers over rights to traditional lands.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Cherokee.

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[From Cherokee tsalaki.]

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Chero·kee adj.

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Cherokee [ˈtʃɛrəˌkiː ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -kees, -kee a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Cherokee - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
	2.	Cherokee - a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution

Translations

Cherokee (Indian)

n → Tscherokese m, → Tscherokesin f