Sioux

From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake.

• IPA^(key): /suː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: sue, Sue, soo

Sioux pl (plural only)

1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.

• Siouan

Sioux

1. A member of the Sioux tribe.

Sioux

1. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.

• Crow
• Dakota
• Lakota
• Nakota
• The Lakota Sioux Language Site

• Ethnologue entry for Assiniboine, asb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Dakota, dak ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Lakota, lkt ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Stoney, sto ⁠

Sioux m anim

1. Sioux (member of Sioux tribes)

• “Sioux”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Clipping of Nadouessioux.

• IPA^(key): /sju/

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Sioux m or f (plural Sioux)

1. Sioux

• “Sioux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French Sioux.

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːʊks/, /suː/, /sjuː/

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Sioux m or f (strong, genitive Sioux, plural Sioux)

1. member of the Sioux
   • 1873, “Erinnerungen aus dem Indianeraufstand in Minnesota”, in Die Gartenlaube:

     Diejenigen Indianerstämme, welche zur Zeit der hier erzählten Ereignisse den südwestlichen Theil Minnesotas bewohnten, gehörten sämmtlich dem großen, kriegerischen Stamme der Sioux oder Dacotas an.

     The Indian tribes who inhabited the southwestern part of Minnesota at the time of the events narrated here all belonged to the large, warlike tribe of the Sioux or Dakotas.

• Indianer

• “Sioux” in Duden online