- SSIW
- abbr.Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
Dictionary of abbreviations. 2012.
Dictionary of abbreviations. 2012.
Sioux — noun (plural Sioux) Etymology: American French, short for Nadouessioux, from Ojibwa na•towe•ssiw Date: 1762 1. Dakota 2. Siouan … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sioux — /sooh/, n., pl. Sioux /sooh, soohz/. Dakota (defs. 4, 6). [1755 65, Amer.; < North American F, shortening of earlier Nadouessioux < Ojibwa (Ottawa dial.) na·towe·ssiw(ak) pl. ( < Proto Algonquian *na·towe·hsiw , deriv. of *na·towe·wa Iroquoian,… … Universalium