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Siouan

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsuː.ən/
  • rhymes with -uːən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Sioux people, culture or languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A primary language family containing the Sioux and Catawban languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the Sioux people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Siouan language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian

Narrower terms: Biloxi, Catawba, Chiwere, Crow, Dakota, Dhegiha, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre, Hunkpapa, Ofo, Oglala, Ogalala, Santee, Tutelo, Winnebago

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noun

Meaning 6

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sioux

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian

Narrower terms: Biloxi, Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Dhegiha, Hidatsa, Gros Ventre, Iowa, Ioway, Missouri, Ofo, Oto, Otoe, Santee, Santee Sioux, Santee Dakota, Eastern Sioux, Teton, Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota, Tutelo, Winnebago, Crazy Horse, Tashunca-Uitco, Rain-in-the-Face

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Etymology

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