South Dakota


noun
  1. a state in the northern central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviations: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.

Other words from South Dakota

  • South Dakotan, adjective, noun

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How to use South Dakota in a sentence

  • The impact point computed by the Oregon station was nowhere near South Dakota.

    Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Its course was parabolic and it would probably land somewhere in South Dakota.

    Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Yet public opinion in both states was friendly, South Dakota directing its first legislature to submit the question to the voters.

    Susan B. Anthony | Alma Lutz
  • The South Dakota statute is very similar to that of Minnesota.

    The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden
  • In South Dakota, for example, less than 10 per cent of the drift is stratified.

    Climatic Changes | Ellsworth Huntington

British Dictionary definitions for South Dakota

South Dakota

noun
  1. a state of the western US: lies mostly in the Great Plains; the chief US producer of gold and beryl. Capital: Pierre. Pop: 764 309 (2003 est). Area: 196 723 sq km (75 955 sq miles): Abbreviation: S. Dak, (with zip code) SD

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Cultural definitions for South Dakota

South Dakota

State in the north-central United States bordered by North Dakota to the north, Minnesota and Iowa to the east, Nebraska to the south, and Wyoming and Montana to the west. Its capital is Pierre, and its largest city is Sioux Falls.

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