Definition of Chiwere

1. Noun. The Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri.

Specialized synonyms: Iowa, Ioway, Missouri, Oto, Otoe
Generic synonyms: Siouan, Siouan Language

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiwere

Chiron
Chironomus
Chiroptera
Chisholm Trail
Chishona
Chisinau
Chislev
Chisox
Chita
Chitahuri
Chittagong
Chittagong District
Chittagong Division
Chittagonian
Chittoor
Chiwere
Chlamydera
Chlamydera nuchalis
Chlamydomonadaceae
Chlamydomonas
Chlamydophrys
Chlamydosaurus
Chlamydosaurus kingi
Chlamyphorus
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Chleuh
Chleuhs
Chloe

Literary usage of Chiwere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplement to A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the American Indian in by Daythal Kendall, John F. Freeman (1982)
"HOIJER, HARRY. Chiricahua texts in translation; nd TD 23 pp. Texts are taken from notebooks I, II, and VI of No. 4176. [4012(21)] chiwere (Siouan) ..."

2. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"so-called chiwere tribes—Iowa, Oto, and Missouri—separated from the Winnebago or else moved westward to the Missouri from the ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"Pisani and chiwere went further south and settled ; Pisani to the west, and chiwere to the south-west of Kota-Kota, where they still are. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"chiwere is a powerful chief. His country, which is of considerable extent, lies at from 3000 to 4000 feet above sea level, is healthy, and has good soil and ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"Messages were interchanged across the stream and friendly relations established. As in the case of chiwere, we found that here the original ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1897)
"At the same time a further number followed the headman chiwere to the hill district south-west from ..."

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