Comanche

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

• A member of the Comanche people.
• A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche.
• A military helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche.

Proper Noun

• A Native American ethnic group/people who reside especially in Texas and Oklahoma.
• The nation of these people.
• The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by these people, sometimes classified as a variety of Shoshone.
• (unincorporated) community Yellowstone County (county) Montana (state) USA (country).
• small city Stephens County (county) Oklahoma (state) USA (country).
• city, county seat Comanche County (county) Texas (state) USA (country).

Related

Similar words

• Numunuu

Origin

• Probably from Spanish comanche, a corruption of Old Ute kɨmantsi *[kɨˈman.tʃi] (“enemy”, “foreigner”) (compare Modern Southern Ute [kɨˈmaːtʃi̥] (“enemy”, “stranger”)). The Comanches’ autonym is Nʉmʉnʉʉ.