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WINNEBAGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Winnebago mean?
• WINNEBAGO (noun)
The noun WINNEBAGO has 2 senses:
1. a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
2. the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
Familiarity information: WINNEBAGO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Winnebago" 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:
The Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Winnebago" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)
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