Sioux - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Sioux :  (noun)

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 [syn: Sioux, Siouan]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Sioux : \Sioux\, n. sing. & pl. (Ethnol.) See Dakotas.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Dakotas \Da*ko"tas\, n. pl.; sing. Dacota. (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. [Written also Dacotahs.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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