Siou·an

(so͞o′ən)

1. A large North American Indian language family spoken from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains and southward to Arkansas as well as in South Carolina.

2. A member of a Siouan-speaking people.

[Siou(x) + -an.]

Siou′an adj.

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Siouan

(ˈsuːən)

(Languages) a family of North American Indian languages including Sioux, probably related to Iroquoian

adj

(Peoples) of or relating to the Sioux peoples or languages

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Siou•an

(ˈsu ən)

n.

a family of American Indian languages, including Dakota, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Winnebago, Osage, and Catawba, spoken or formerly spoken by peoples dispersed over a large area of central and SE North America.

[1880–85, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Siouan - 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 Sioux Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America Biloxi - a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi Catawba - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas Crow - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana Dakota - a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux Dhegiha - any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages Gros Ventre, Hidatsa - a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota Iowa, Ioway - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri Missouri - a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri Ofo - a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi Oto, Otoe - a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska Eastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux - a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains Tutelo - a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina Winnebago - a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
	2.	Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux Siouan language American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians Biloxi - the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi Catawba - the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba Chiwere - the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri Crow - a Siouan language spoken by the Crow Dakota - the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota Dhegiha - a branch of the Siouan languages Gros Ventre, Hidatsa - a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa Hunkpapa - a Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa Ofo - a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo Ogalala, Oglala - a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala Santee - the Siouan language spoken by the Santee Tutelo - the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo Winnebago - the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
Adj.	1.	Siouan - of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

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