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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

sioux

/su/

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What does sioux mean?

proper noun

  1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
  2. A member of the Sioux tribe.
  3. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.

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IPA pronunciation

/su/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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He accepted a personal friend, which was a custom among the Sioux, where each man chose a companion for life and death.
Charles A. EastmanIndian Heroes and Great ChieftainsProject Gutenberg ebook #336
The Sioux were armed with guns, from which came the reports, to which the passengers, who were almost all armed, responded by revolver-shots.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
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Dr. Valentine T. McGillicuddy, Scotch in stubbornness, honesty, efficiency, and individualism, was U.S. Indian agent to the Sioux and knew them to the bottom.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
These proved to be but the forerunners of a great war party, for when the sun rose the hills around seemed black with Sioux.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
The Sioux Indians will not stick an awl or a needle into a stick of wood on the fire, or chop on it with an axe or a knife.
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032