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Cherokee

DEFINITIONS OF: Cherokee

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n a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma

Examples:
George Guess
Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
Type of:
Iroquois
any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution

n the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee

Type of:
Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
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