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SIOUX FALLS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sioux Falls mean?
• SIOUX FALLS (noun)
The noun SIOUX FALLS has 1 sense:
1. largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota
Familiarity information: SIOUX FALLS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Sioux Falls" is a part of...):
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Context examples
“Ours is the first large-scale prospective study to closely investigate the association between prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure and the risk of SIDS,” said first author Amy J. Elliott, Ph.D., of the Avera Health Center for Pediatric & Community Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)
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