Sioux

Meanings

Noun

• Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
• A member of the Sioux tribe

Proper Noun

• The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.

Origin

• From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag ("little snakes"), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus (species)), a small rattlesnake.