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- [soo]
- /su/
- /suː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [soo]
- /su/
Definitions of sioux word
- noun plural sioux Dakota (defs 4, 6). 1
- noun sioux a member of a group of North American Indian peoples formerly ranging over a wide area of the Plains from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains 0
- noun sioux any of the Siouan languages 0
- noun sioux Dakota1 (sense 1) Dakota1 (sense 2) 0
- adjective sioux Dakota1 (sense 3) 0
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Origin of sioux
First appearance:
before 1755 One of the 47% newest English words
1755-65, Americanism; < North American French, shortening of earlier Nadouessioux < Ojibwa (Ottawa dial.) na·towe·ssiw(ak) plural (< Proto-Algonquian *na·towe·hsiw-, derivative of *na·towe·wa Iroquoian, probably literally, speaker of a foreign language) + French -x plural marker
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Parts of speech for Sioux
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conjunction
determiner
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sioux popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sioux usage trend in Literature
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