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OGLALA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala

Synonyms:

Ogalala; Oglala

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Ogalala; Oglala

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Lakota; Teton; Teton Dakota; Teton Sioux (a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains)

Instance hyponyms:

Red Cloud (leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909))

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