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IOWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
Synonyms:
Iowa; Ioway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Ioway" is a kind of...):
Chiwere (the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
Synonyms:
Iowa; Ioway
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ioway" 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)