Santee

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noun

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

Similar
Santee SiouxSantee DakotaEastern SiouxSantee language
OriginLakota Isáŋyathi →
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Meanings

Santee1

nounSantee (plural Santees or Santee)

plural Santees

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

Santee2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in San Diego County, California, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of the eastern branch of the Sioux

Similar
Santee SiouxSantee DakotaEastern Sioux
Broader
SiouxSiouan

nounthe Siouan language spoken by the Santee

Similar
Santee language
Broader
SiouanSiouan language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LakotaIsáŋyathi
  2. EnglishSantee

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Santee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Santee

MLA

“Santee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Santee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Santee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Santee.

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