Siouan

(so̵̅o̅ən)

noun

a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken in the WC U.S., central Canada, and parts of Virginia and the Carolinas: it includes Iowa, Mandan, Dakota, Crow, Omaha, Hidatsa, Osage, etc.

adjective

designating or of this family of languages

See Siouan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A member of a Siouan-speaking people.

Origin:

Origin: Siou(x)

Origin: + -an1

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Related Forms:

  • Siouˈan adjective
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