Comanche

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 (“the people”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmænt͡ʃi/

Comanche (plural Comanches or Comanche)

1. A member of a Native American ethnic group residing especially in Texas and Oklahoma.

   Synonym: (plural) Numunuu

2. (plural only "Comanches") A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche.
3. (plural only "Comanches") A military helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche.

Comanche (not comparable)

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

Comanche

1. The nation of these people. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by these people, sometimes classified as a variety of Shoshone.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Barton County, Kansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana.
   3. A small city in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
   4. A city, the county seat of Comanche County, Texas.
4. A locality and municipality in Pacajes province, La Paz department, Bolivia.

• Comanche County
• Comanchean

• Ethnologue entry for Comanche, com ⁠

• coachmen

• IPA^(key): /koˈmantʃə/

Comanche m (weak, genitive Comanchen, plural Comanchen, feminine Comanchin)

1. (ethnology, sciences) Alternative spelling of Komantsche