comanche

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Definition of comanche in English English dictionary

A military helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche

A member of the Comanche people

Of or pertaining to the Comanche people, culture, or language

A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche

The nation of the Comanche people

The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by these people, sometimes classified as a Shoshone dialect

An Amerind ethnic group of North America, especially of Texas and Oklahoma

{i} member of the Comanche (American Indian tribe of western Texas and Oklahoma)

Nomadic North American Indian group of southwest Oklahoma, Texas, California, and New Mexico, U.S. The name Comanche is derived from a Ute word meaning "anyone who wants to fight me all the time"; the people call themselves Numunuh (meaning "The People"). Their language is of Uto-Aztecan stock. An offshoot of the Shoshone, they were organized into about 12 autonomous bands, local groups that lacked the lineages, clans, military societies, and tribal government of most other Plains Indians. They roamed the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th century. Their staple food was buffalo meat. Their highly skilled horsemen set the pattern of equestrian nomadism on the Plains. In 1864 Col. Kit Carson led U.S. forces in an unsuccessful campaign against them. Treaties were signed in 1865 and 1867, but the federal government failed to keep whites off the land promised to them, which led to violent conflicts. In later years Comanche Code-Talkers, like other Native American Code-Talkers, played a notable role during both world wars. Some 10,000 people claimed sole Comanche descent in the 2000 U.S. census

{i} Shoshonean dialect spoken by the Comanche Indian tribe

the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche people

a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma

the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche people a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma

Hyphenation

Co·man·che

Turkish pronunciation

kımänçi

Pronunciation

/kəˈmanʧē/ /kəˈmænʧiː/

Etymology

[ k&-'man-chE ] (noun.) 1806. Probably from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute * (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ own preferred name is Nʉmʉnʉʉ, meaning "the People".