name
Sitting Bull
SIT-ing BULL
ˈsɪtɪŋ bʊlListen
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Syllable breakdown
SittingBull
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Lakota Sioux — Tatanka Iyotanka, referring to a buffalo bull who is resolute and refuses to move.
- Meaning
- Hunkpapa Lakota leader and holy man (c.1831–1890) who led the Sioux resistance against US expansion, defeating General Custer at Little Bighorn.
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Tatanka Iyotanka
Common mispronunciations
SIT-ing BULE
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