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santee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
san-tee
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Sioux group of Native Americans residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa.

name

A surname.

name

A city in San Diego County, California, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Lakota Isáŋyathi or Isáŋathi ("knife"), originating from the name of a lake in present-day Minnesota.

Inflected Forms

Santees (plural)

Synonyms

santee language santee sioux santee dakota eastern sioux

Questions

What does santee mean?
A member of a Sioux group of Native Americans residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa.
Where does santee come from?
Borrowed from Lakota Isáŋyathi or Isáŋathi ("knife"), originating from the name of a lake in present-day Minnesota.

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