Siouan

Siou·an

S0432600 (so͞o′ən)n.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.

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[Siou(x) + -an.]

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Siou′an adj.

Siouan

(ˈsuːən) n (Languages) a family of North American Indian languages including Sioux, probably related to Iroquoianadj (Peoples) of or relating to the Sioux peoples or languages

Siou•an

(ˈsu ən)

n. a family of American Indian languages, including Dakota, Mandan, Hidatsa, Crow, Winnebago, Osage, and Catawba, spoken or formerly spoken by peoples dispersed over a large area of central and SE North America. [1880–85, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Siouan - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky MountainsSiouxBuffalo Indian, Plains Indian - a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North AmericaBiloxi - a member of the Siouan people of southeastern MississippiCatawba - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the CarolinasCrow - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern MontanaDakota - a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the SiouxDhegiha - any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languagesGros Ventre, Hidatsa - a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North DakotaIowa, Ioway - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and MissouriMissouri - a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in MissouriOfo - a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in MississippiOto, Otoe - a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in NebraskaEastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux - a member of the eastern branch of the SiouxLakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plainsTutelo - a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North CarolinaWinnebago - a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
	2.	Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the SiouxSiouan languageAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansBiloxi - the Siouan language spoken by the BiloxiCatawba - the Siouan language spoken by the CatawbaChiwere - the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and MissouriCrow - a Siouan language spoken by the CrowDakota - the Siouan language spoken by the DakotaDhegiha - a branch of the Siouan languagesGros Ventre, Hidatsa - a Siouan language spoken by the HidatsaHunkpapa - a Siouan language spoken by the HunkpapaOfo - a Siouan language spoken by the OfoOgalala, Oglala - a Siouan language spoken by the OglalaSantee - the Siouan language spoken by the SanteeTutelo - the Siouan language spoken by the TuteloWinnebago - the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
Adj.	1.	Siouan - of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture