Sioux

Sioux  (s)

n. pl. Sioux (s, sz)

1.

a. A group of Native American peoples, also known as the Dakota, inhabiting the northern Great Plains from Minnesota to eastern Montana and from southern Saskatchewan to Nebraska. Present-day Sioux populations are located mainly in North and South Dakota.

b. A member of any of these peoples.

2. Any of the Siouan languages of the Sioux peoples.

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[North American French, short for nadouéssioux, from Ottawa naadowesiwag.]

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Sioux adj.

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Sioux [suː]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl Sioux [suː suːz] a member of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly ranging over a wide area of the Plains from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

2. (Linguistics / Languages) any of the Siouan languages

[from French, shortened from Nadowessioux, from Chippewa Nadoweisiw]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 Siouan 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

Translations

Sioux

n → Sioux mf

adj → Sioux-, der Sioux; Sioux chief → Siouxhäuptling m