Shawnee - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Shawnee :  (noun)
1: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river [syn: Shawnee]
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee people [syn: Shawnee]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Shawnees \Shaw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. Shawnee. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Shawnee, KS (city, FIPS 64500) Location: 39.01524 N, 94.80445 W Population (1990): 37993 (15217 housing units) Area: 108.2 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66203, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66226 Shawnee, OH (village, FIPS 71962) Location: 39.61050 N, 82.20725 W Population (1990): 742 (296 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43782 Shawnee, OK (city, FIPS 66800) Location: 35.36533 N, 96.96886 W Population (1990): 26017 (11784 housing units) Area: 108.2 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74801 Shawnee, WY Zip code(s): 82229

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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