Definitions
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- proper noun A western member of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family. Cheyenne is spoken in
Oklahoma and on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation inMontana . There are currently (2005) approximately 1,200 Cheyenne-speakers in Montana and 500 in Oklahoma. - proper noun The capital of the State of
Wyoming . - proper noun A female
given name , A malegiven name of modern American usage. - noun A member of the Cheyenne tribe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
- noun the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state
- noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne
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Examples
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CHEYENNE - Part of the cloverleaf intersection of Interstate 25 and I-80 at Cheyenne will be closed this week so repairs can be made to eastbound I-80.
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CHEYENNE - Leaders in Cheyenne are hoping more than three dozen city employees will take voluntary retirement packages to help the city save up to $1.5 million next fiscal year.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - An appliance store in business for six decades in downtown Cheyenne has closed and filed for bankruptcy protection.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - The new police chief in Cheyenne is taking a $29,000 pay cut from his current job but says the cost of living is far less than in the Colorado mountain resort community he is leaving.
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CHEYENNE - One after another Monday night, Cheyenne city employees came before City Council members offering a wide range of ideas about how the city can save money and, they hoped, their jobs.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - An appliance store in business for six decades in downtown Cheyenne has closed and filed for bankruptcy protection.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - For more than a century, there was only one way to watch and testify before a Wyoming legislative committee: travel in person to Cheyenne.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - One after another Monday night, Cheyenne city employees came before City Council members offering a wide range of ideas about how the city can save money and, they hoped, their jobs.
billingsgazette.com 2010
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CHEYENNE - A winter storm in southern and eastern Wyoming led the state Department of Transportation to close numerous roads in the Cheyenne area.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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CHEYENNE - A winter storm in southern and eastern Wyoming led the state Department of Transportation to close numerous roads in the Cheyenne area.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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