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 

• WINNEBAGO (noun)

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)