Etymology

Santee

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Today it means: A member of a Sioux group of Native Americans residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa. Full definition →

Lakota Isáŋyathi
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  1. Lakota · borrowed fromIsáŋyathi
  2. English todaySantee

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

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