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noun
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a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota 1889.
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Also called Sioux. a member of the largest tribe of the Siouan stock of North American Indians, who originally occupied Minnesota and Wisconsin and later migrated westward to the Great Plains.
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EXPANDSantee (defs. 3, 4).
Related forms
Da·ko·tan, adjective, noun
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Dakota
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Word Origin & History
Dakota
1809, name of a group of native peoples from the Plains states speaking a Siouan language, from Dakota dakhota "friendly" (the name often is translated as "allies"). Recorded by Lewis and Clark (1804) as Dar co tar; in western dialects of the Teton subgroup, Lakota, Lakhota; in Assiniboine dialect, Nakota,
EXPANDNakhota.
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