/ suː; NAmE / noun
( pl. Sioux ) a member of a Native American people many of whom live in the US state of South Dakota
For more information see the Cultural Guide
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WORD ORIGIN
North American French , from Nadouessioux from Ojibwa (Ottawa dialect) nātowēssiwak , by substitution of the French plural ending -x for the Ojibwa plural -ak .