Meanings
alternative Soo City
- A city, the county seat of Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, located in Woodbury County and Plymouth County.
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?
2018 December 27, Mason Dockter, “A South Dakota man reflects on getting his Iowa license”, in Sioux City Journal, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2020 - abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sioux City Township: A township in Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Metro Sioux City / Sioux City Metropolitan Area: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska.
- abbreviationellipsisaeronauticsEllipsis 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".
Origin
From Sioux + city. From being located on land originally inhabited by the Dakota tribe of Sioux Amerindians.
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Cite this entry
Sioux City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City
“Sioux City.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sioux City,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City.
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