n.
- 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.
- A member of a Siouan-speaking people.
Siouan
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Siou·an (sū'ən) 
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n.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Siouan |
Siouan (sū'ən), branch of Native American languages belonging to the Hokan-Siouan linguistic family, or stock, of North and Central America (including Mexico). See Native American languages.
| WordNet: Siouan |
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.
The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
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
Synonym: Sioux
Meaning #2:
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
Synonym: Siouan language
The adjective Siouan has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture
Pertains to nouns: Sioux (meaning #1), Siouan (meaning #2)
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