Associations to the word «Cherokee»

Wiktionary

CHEROKEE, proper noun. An indigenous North American people.
CHEROKEE, proper noun. Their Iroquoian language, still spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
CHEROKEE, proper noun. A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah.
CHEROKEE, noun. A member of this people.

Dictionary definition

CHEROKEE, noun. The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee.
CHEROKEE, noun. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma.

Wise words

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John Locke