Santee

San·tee ¹  (sn-t)

n. pl. Santee or San·tees

1. The eastern branch of the Sioux, comprising the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton peoples, with present-day populations in Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Canada.

2. A member of a people of this division. Also called Eastern Sioux, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux.

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San·tee ²  (sn-t)

A community of southern California, a suburb of San Diego. Population: 52,500.

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Santee [sænˈtiː]

n

(Placename) a river in SE central South Carolina, formed by the union of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers: flows southeast to the Atlantic; part of the Santee-Wateree-Catawba River System an inland waterway 866 km (538 miles) long. Length: 230 km (143 miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Santee - a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux Eastern Sioux, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux Siouan, Sioux - 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
	2.	Santee - the Siouan language spoken by the Santee Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux