Shawnee

/ʃˈɔni/

Shawnee

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Definition

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

Etymology

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.