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单词 Sioux
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Sioux

/suː /
noun (plural same)
another term for the Dakota people of North America or their language. See Dakota2.Before long the Sioux, who can't speak English, let alone French, finds himself fighting for survival on the streets of Marseille....
  • I don't know if Congress included representatives of the Sioux in their deliberations when the legislation was discussed.
  • North Dakota's mascot, by the way, is the fighting Sioux.
adjective
Relating to the Sioux or their language.American Indian of Sioux tribe, Billy Mills, won a race for the first time in his life....
  • Yesterday, President Runningbear began talks with Apache and Sioux tribes in an effort to persuade other Native American nations to join the cause.
  • Smith connects Sioux history with other Plains Indians' experience.

Origin

North American French, from Nadouessioux from Ojibwa (Ottawa dialect) nātowēssiwak, by substitution of the French plural ending -x for the Ojibwa plural -ak.

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