IOWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ioway mean? 

• IOWAY (noun)
  The noun IOWAY has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

2. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa

  Familiarity information: IOWAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IOWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Iowa; Ioway

Hypernyms ("Ioway" 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 dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Iowa; Ioway

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

Chiwere (the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri)