Siouan

American  

[soo-uhn] / ˈsu ən /

noun

1. an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.

2. a member of one of the Siouan-speaking peoples.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux or the Siouan languages.

Siouan British  

/ ˈsuːən /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages including Sioux, probably related to Iroquoian

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux peoples or languages

Etymology

Origin of Siouan

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; Sioux + -an

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Example Sentences

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Siouan

He shouted some words in the Siouan dialect, and was answered by what seemed to Coke merely a series of grunts.

From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by H. W. G. Hyrst

Therefore it is more than probable that much of the ancient pottery encountered in this part of the Mississippi Valley was made by this southern Siouan tribe.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell

Five tribes are considered as belonging to this group of the Siouan linguistic family: Omaha, Ponca, Quapaw, Osage, and Kansa.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell

It is rather curious that these should be described as "winter habitations" among that Algonquian tribe, and as being occupied during the summer by the Siouan people.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell

The use of sacred colors for the cardinal points is found among the Pueblos, Navajo, many Siouan tribes, the Pani, and others.

From American Indians by Frederick Starr

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