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語源

Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow.

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名詞

Shawnee (plural Shawnees or Shawnee)

1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.

形容詞

Shawnee (not comparable)

1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.

固有名詞

Shawnee

1. The language of this tribe.
2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe.
   • 2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 292:

     The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn.

3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

派生語

• Shawnee County

参考

• Shawnese

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Shawnee, sjw ⁠