a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly ranging over a wide area of the Plains from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
2.
any of the Siouan languages
Word origin
from French, shortened from Nadowessioux, from Chippewa Nadoweisiw
Sioux in American English
(su)
nounWord forms: pluralSioux (su; suz)
1.
Dakota1 (sense 1) Dakota1 (sense 2)
adjective
2.
Dakota1 (sense 3)
Word origin
Fr, contr. < Nadouessioux, pl. < Ottawa dialect of nadowe-is-iw, naadoweesiwag, an ethnic name, lit., adder: applied in variant forms in different Algonquian languagesto a number of non-Algonquian groups
Examples of 'Sioux' in a sentence
Sioux
The paint is cream, except for the design picked out in blue, which is a Sioux Drum border.