Teton

//ˈtitɑn// name, noun

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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.

Etymology

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

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