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DHEGIHA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the Siouan languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Dhegiha" is a kind of...):

Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Dhegiha"):

Kansa; Kansas (the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa)

Omaha (the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha)

Osage (the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage)

Ponca; Ponka (the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca)

Quapaw (the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Dhegiha" is a kind of...):

Siouan; 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Dhegiha"):

Kansa; Kansas (a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas)

Maha; Omaha (a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska)

Osage (a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century)

Ponca; Ponka (a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska)

Quapaw (a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas)

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