Cherokee

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Cherokee /ˌtʃɛrəˈkiː/

▶noun (pl. same or Cherokees)

• 1 a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting much of the southern US.

• 2 the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee.

– origin from obs. Cherokee tsaraki, earlier form of tsaliki.