Siou•an
We found 6 definitions of siouan from 4 different sources.
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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 black birds having a raucous call | ||
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 | ||
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, 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 the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi | ||
catawba the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba | ||
crow black birds having a raucous call | ||
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 | ||
ioway, iowa a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa | ||
missouri a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri | ||
ofo a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo | ||
oto, otoe a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto | ||
eastern sioux, santee dakota, santee sioux, santee the Siouan language spoken by the Santee | ||
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 the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo | ||
winnebago the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago | ||
AdjectiveSiouan, siouaner, siouanest |
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siouan - of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture |