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proper noun 
  1. Name applied to various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
  2. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.
Etymology: By aphesis of the French Nadouéssioux < Ojibwa nadowesiw, or "little snake," referring to the massasauga (Sistrurus catenus), a small rattlesnake.


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