Ioway

Other forms: Ioways

Definitions of Ioway
  1. noun
    a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
    synonyms: Iowa
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    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
  2. noun
    a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
    synonyms: Iowa
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    Chiwere
    the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri
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