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# cherokee

noun (the Cherokee, a Cherokee, Cherokees; Cherokee — the language); adjective (Cherokee)

«cherokee» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Cherokee are a Native American people, originally from the south-east of what is now the USA, many of whom now live in Oklahoma and North Carolina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#m1)
2. The Cherokee language, which has its own writing system created by Sequoyah. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#m2)
3. (a name) Cherokee is also the name of a car model and of places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, the Cherokee are known for Sequoyah's syllabary and for the Trail of Tears, when the US government forced them to leave their homelands and many died on the journey. In everyday life, the Cherokee Nation is a modern self-governing nation. Phrases: the Cherokee Nation, the Trail of Tears.

### Examples

- The Cherokee are a Native American nation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x1)
- Sequoyah created a way to write the Cherokee language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x2)
- Thousands of Cherokee people were forced to walk the Trail of Tears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x3)
- Today many Cherokee live in Oklahoma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x4)
- My friend is learning a few Cherokee words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x5)
- The Cherokee Nation has its own government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/#x6)

### Note

Always capital C. Both the Cherokee and Cherokees are used for the people. Pronounced CHAIR-uh-kee.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cherokee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cherokee» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherokee.html) on Mova free.