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Sioux

Sioux

7.1
A Native American people from the plains of North America with shared language and culture
  • noun
  • /suː/
translation icon : sioux
  • The Sioux people have a rich cultural heritage that includes unique traditions and languages.

Examples

  • Great example of this is the, the, the Sioux or the, the Lakota and of course Dakota and Dakota people as well.

  • Louis Grasshop is Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, serves as a headman of Kuichasha Oyate.

  • This is my part of the world Lakota country, the Great Sioux Reservation.

  • Oh, and all Sioux Nation was at the Little Big Horn River on a having a powwow.

  • Many Sioux tribes participated in the historic events of the Great Plains during the 1800s.

  • The Sioux Nation primarily inhabits regions in North and South Dakota, where they maintain their cultural practices.

Synonyms

Siouan
vsSioux
9.9

A person who belongs to a Native American group that speaks Sioux languages

is the common name for the same people in general usage
Dakota
vsSioux
7.8

A person who belongs to a Native American people from the northern plains, often called the Sioux

covers the wider group across the larger region rather than this subgroup
Dakotan
vsSioux
9.6

A person who belongs to the Dakota people

refers to the whole group rather than only this subgroup

Compounds

Big Sioux River
3.5

A river in northeast South Dakota that flows south to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa

Eastern Sioux
8.2

A Native American person from the eastern group of the Sioux people

Santee Sioux
9.1

A person from the eastern branch of the Sioux people in the central United States

Teton Sioux
9.4

A person from the western Sioux group of Native American people who live on the plains

Surface Forms

Sioux singular
Sioux plural

Etymology

Sioux came into English from French, who shortened a name used by another Native group that meant 'little snakes' or 'enemies', so it was not the people's own name. Many of the people call themselves Dakota or Lakota, which mean 'friends' or 'allies', and today Sioux is used in English for those Native American groups.