dhegiha

Noun
  1. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages (synset 109674392)
    is a type 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
    subtypes:
    • kansa, kansas - a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
    • maha, omaha - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
    • osage - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
    • ponca, ponka - a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
    • quapaw - a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas
  2. A branch of the Siouan languages (synset 106922448)
    is a type of: siouan, siouan language - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
    subtypes:
    • kansa, kansas - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
    • omaha - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha
    • osage - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage
    • ponca, ponka - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca
    • quapaw - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw

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