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    TETON SIOUX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plainsplay

    Synonyms:

    Lakota; Teton; Teton Dakota; Teton Sioux

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    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Teton Sioux" 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 "Teton Sioux"):

    Brule (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

    Hunkpapa (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains)

    Miniconju (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

    Ogalala; Oglala (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota)

    Sihasapa (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

    Two Kettle (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

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