"Sioux City" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Soo City [alternative]
Etymology: From Sioux + city. From being located on land originally inhabited by the Dakota tribe of Sioux Amerindians. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Sioux|city}} Sioux + city Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Sioux City}} Sioux City
  1. A city, the county seat of Woodbury County, Iowa, United States, located in Woodbury County and Plymouth County. Categories (place): Cities in Iowa, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sioux_City-en-name-62RS8b58 Categories (other): County seats of Iowa, USA, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 20 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 20 14 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 20 14 8
  2. Ellipsis of Sioux City Township: A township in Woodbury, Iowa, United States. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Sioux City Township (extra: A township in Woodbury, Iowa, United States) Categories (place): Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sioux_City-en-name-OFbcxuFi Categories (other): Townships
  3. Ellipsis of Metro Sioux City / Sioux City Metropolitan Area: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Metro Sioux City (extra: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska), Sioux City Metropolitan Area (extra: A metropolitan area in Siouxland, United States, located in Iowa and South Dakota and Nebraska) Categories (place): Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Sioux_City-en-name-NcUp3nSl
  4. (aviation history) 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". Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Sioux City aircrash (extra: 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")
    Sense id: en-Sioux_City-en-name-mdmmO0on Categories (other): Aviation, History Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Diocese of Sioux City, Metro Sioux City, North Sioux City, Sioux Cityan, Sioux City Metropolitan Area, Sioux City Township, South Sioux City
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