BILOXI
Dictionary entry overview: What does Biloxi mean?
• BILOXI (noun)
The noun BILOXI has 3 senses:
1. a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
2. a old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico
3. the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi
Familiarity information: BILOXI used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BILOXI (noun)
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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)
Meaning:
A 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; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
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)
