Siouan

American  

[soo-uhn] / ˈsu ən /

noun

1. an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.

2. a member of one of the Siouan-speaking peoples.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux or the Siouan languages.

Siouan British  

/ ˈsuːən /

noun

1. a family of North American Indian languages including Sioux, probably related to Iroquoian

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Sioux peoples or languages

Etymology

Origin of Siouan

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; Sioux + -an

Example Sentences

The three linguistic families to be considered are the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

It is rather curious that these should be described as "winter habitations" among that Algonquian tribe, and as being occupied during the summer by the Siouan people.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

They were of the Siouan family and cousins of the Minnetarees, the Bird-woman's captors.

From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

He was, moreover, the first to discover that the Tutelos of Virginia belonged to the Siouan family, and to identify the Cherokee as a member of the Iroquoian family of speech.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Five tribes are considered as belonging to this group of the Siouan linguistic family: Omaha, Ponca, Quapaw, Osage, and Kansa.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives