GROS VENTRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gros Ventre mean? 

• GROS VENTRE (noun)
  The noun GROS VENTRE has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota

2. a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa

  Familiarity information: GROS VENTRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROS VENTRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gros Ventre; Hidatsa

Hypernyms ("Gros Ventre" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gros Ventre; Hidatsa

Hypernyms ("Gros Ventre" is a kind of...):

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