siouan

Noun siouan has 2 senses

• siouan(n = noun.person) sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains;
is a kind of buffalo indian, plains indian
has particulars: biloxi, catawba, crow, dakota, dhegiha, gros ventre, hidatsa, iowa, ioway, missouri, ofo, oto, otoe, eastern sioux, santee, santee dakota, santee sioux, lakota, teton, teton dakota, teton sioux, tutelo, winnebago, crazy horse, tashunca-uitco, rain-in-the-face

• siouan(n = noun.communication) siouan language - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux;
is a kind of american-indian language, american indian, amerind, amerindian language, indian
has particulars: biloxi, catawba, chiwere, crow, dakota, dhegiha, gros ventre, hidatsa, hunkpapa, ofo, ogalala, oglala, santee, tutelo, winnebago

Adjective siouan has 1 sense

• siouan(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture;
Derived form noun sioux₁