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BILOXI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Biloxi" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Biloxi" is a part of...):
Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Biloxi" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Sioux (a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains)
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