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BILOXI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

An old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Biloxi" is a part of...):

Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Biloxi" 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)

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