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Shawnee^¹

/ʃɑˈni/ US
/ʃɔˈni/ US
/ʃɔˈni/ UK

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Shawnee saawanwa (“Shawnee”) or saawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow. Likely a re-analysis of Shawnese as the plural Shawnees.

noun Shawnees · Shawnee

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

adjective

not comparable Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe.

proper noun

The language of this tribe.
A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe. 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.
A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.

shawnee^²

noun

uncountable Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)

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noun Native American tribesmember

Français	Shawnee, Chaouanon

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Chicago

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@misc{shawnee_2026,
  title = {shawnee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shawnee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}