Siouan vs Missouri

Missouri vs Siouan

Siouan and Missouri both are nouns.

Siouan is an adjective but Missouri is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, Missouri is a hyponym of Siouan; that is, Missouri 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
Missouri: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

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

Siouan (noun)	Missouri (noun)
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux	a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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 midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
	the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
	a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

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

Difference between Siouan and Missouri

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