English Explanatory Dictionary

Santee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Sioux group of Native Americans residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota, and northern Iowa.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in San Diego County, California, United States.

Word forms

Santee Santees

Etymology

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

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