Sioux City

proper noun

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

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Soo City

  1. 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
  2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sioux City Township: A township in Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Metro Sioux City / Sioux City Metropolitan Area: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska.
  4. 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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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

Soo City
Cite this entry
APA

Sioux City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City

MLA

“Sioux City.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sioux City,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sioux%20City.

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