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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of the largest group of Sioux peoples.
2. 2
   a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The language of this people.
2. 2
   A small city in Fremont County, Idaho.
3. 3
   The Teton River (Idaho), a tributary of the Snake River.
4. 4
   The Teton River (Montana), a tributary of the Missouri River.

Synonyms

All synonyms

teton dakotalakotalakotalakotateton dakotateton dakota

Etymology

Borrowed from Lakota Thítȟuŋwaŋ (“Teton”). a general name for all seven Lakota tribes. from thíta (“a plain, prairie”) + tȟuŋwaŋ (“village”).

Related phrases

Teton Countyfremont county

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.