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n. - A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Siouan people formerly living in Minnesota, Missouri, and the state named for them.

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  • (Kansa, Ioway, meaning to dig good potatoes); Cheyenne, Wyo. (the Cheyenne people).
  • I'z fur won luvz the new name - hawgs ere whut Ioway is allbout!
  • Ioway ain't got no Kulture but agreeeekulture and me I'm proud of it!
  • "A good many of 'em used to come in here from Ioway and Newbrasky in the early days," he said.
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