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SAUK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

Synonyms:

Sac; Sauk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Algonquian; Algonquin (a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast)

Instance hyponyms:

Black Hawk; Makataimeshekiakiak (Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838))

Keokuk (Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848))

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