Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-(ˌ)kē 
ˈche-rə-
1
plural Cherokee or Cherokees
: a member of a nation of once-nomadic Indigenous peoples located originally in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Cherokee people
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On Friday at 9:12 p.m. the NWS Morristown TN issued a flood advisory in effect until 11:15 p.m. for Cherokee and Clay counties.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
The conservancy's next major undertaking is Beargrass Preserve — a 25-acre piece of land adjacent to Cherokee Park, and the first expansion of the Olmsted system in more than a century.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Benji's Bagels: Benji's Bagel & Coffee House will open on Cherokee Avenue in East Nashville's Flats at Laurel and Pine, next to Frankie's 925 Spuntino.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Jefferson opened the house and greeted diplomats, civil and military officers, citizens and Cherokee chiefs in the center of the oval saloon (today’s Blue Room).
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
The conservancy's next major undertaking is Beargrass Preserve — a 25-acre piece of land adjacent to Cherokee Park, and the first expansion of the Olmsted system in more than a century.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Benji's Bagels: Benji's Bagel & Coffee House will open on Cherokee Avenue in East Nashville's Flats at Laurel and Pine, next to Frankie's 925 Spuntino.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Jefferson opened the house and greeted diplomats, civil and military officers, citizens and Cherokee chiefs in the center of the oval saloon (today’s Blue Room).
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
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“Cherokee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cherokee. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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Cherokee
noun
Cher·o·kee
ˈcher-ə-ˌkē
: a member of an Indigenous people originally from Tennessee and North Carolina
also
: their language
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