Siouan vs Ioway

Ioway vs Siouan

Siouan and Ioway both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Ioway is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Siouan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ioway	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Ioway is a hyponym of Siouan; that is, Ioway is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Siouan:

Siouan: 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
Ioway: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

Other hyponyms of Siouan include Biloxi, Tunica-Biloxi, Catawba, Crow, Crow Nation, Dakota, Dhegiha, Gros Ventre, Hidatsa, Iowa, Missouri, Missouria, Ofo, Oto, Otoe, Eastern Sioux, Santee, Santee Dakota, Santee Sioux, Lakota, Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux, Tutelo, Winnebago.

Siouan (noun)	Ioway (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
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	a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

Siouan (adjective)	Ioway (adjective)
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture

Difference between Siouan and Ioway

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