- (plural Cheyenne, Cheyennes)
a member of a Native American people, many of whom now live in the US states of Oklahoma and Montana 夏延人（美洲土著，很多现居于美国俄克拉何马州和蒙大拿州） CultureThe Cheyenne had wars against other Native American groups and helped the Sioux to defeat General George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn. They were then forced to live on reservations (= land given and protected by the US government) in Oklahoma and Montana. the capital of the US state of Wyoming 夏延（美国怀俄明州首府）
Word OriginCanadian French, from Dakota (the language of the Sioux people) šahíyena, from šaia ‘speak incoherently’, from ša ‘red’ + ya ‘speak’.