Sioux

See also: sioux

English

Etymology

A shortening of French Nadouessioux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (), a small rattlesnake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.

Translations

tribes

• Finnish: sioux (fi)
• French: Sioux (fr)
• Macedonian: Сиу (Siu)
• Ojibwe: Bwaanag, Naadawesiwag
• Ottawa: Naadweswag
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: siú (pt)
• Potawatomi: Nadwéswak
• Russian: си́у (ru) m (síu)
• Swedish: siouxer (sv)

Derived terms

• Sioux City
• Sioux County
• Sioux Falls

Related terms

• Siouan

Proper noun

Sioux

1. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.

Translations

language group

• Finnish: sioux (fi)
• Macedonian: сиуа́нски m pl (siuánski)
• Portuguese: siú (pt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: си́у (ru) (síu)
• Swedish: siouxspråk

See also

• Crow
• Dakota
• Lakota
• Nakota
• The Lakota Sioux Language Site

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Assiniboine, asb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Dakota, dak ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Lakota, lkt ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Stoney, sto ⁠

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Czech

Noun

1. Sioux (member of Sioux tribes)

Further reading

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