Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sioux city

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: sioux c-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A city, the county seat of Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, located in Woodbury County and Plymouth County.

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Ellipsis of Sioux City Township: A township in Woodbury, Iowa, United States.

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Ellipsis of Metro Sioux City / Sioux City Metropolitan Area: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska.

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Ellipsis of Sioux City aircrash: The 19 July 1989 crash of a DC-10 operating as United Airlines Flight 232 at Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; the event colloquially known as "Sioux City".

Example Sentences

"I had lived in Sioux City without the proper Iowa documentation for more than a year, and I'd always figured the license from my home state was as good as gold -- and why not?"

Etymology

From Sioux + city. From being located on land originally inhabited by the Dakota tribe of Sioux Amerindians.

Inflected Forms

Soo City (alternative)

Phrases

Diocese of Sioux City Metro Sioux City North Sioux City Sioux Cityan Sioux City Metropolitan Area Sioux City Township South Sioux City

Homonyms

Soo City

Questions

What does sioux city mean?: A city, the county seat of Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, located in Woodbury County and Plymouth County.
Where does sioux city come from?: From Sioux + city. From being located on land originally inhabited by the Dakota tribe of Sioux Amerindians.

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