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Te·ton

  [tee-ton, teet-n]
noun
a river in NW central Montana, flowing E to the Marias River. 143 miles (230 km) long.
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Te·ton

   [tee-ton]
noun, plural Te·tons, (especially collectively) Te·ton for 2.
1.
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
2.
a member of any of the tribes belonging to this branch, as the Brulé, Hunkpapa, Miniconjou, and Oglala.
3.
a dialect of the Dakota language.
Also called Lakota, Lakhota.
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Teton
member of a western Sioux people, 1806, from Dakota titonwan, lit. "dwellers on the prairie," from thi + huwa. Not related to the Grand Teton mountain range.
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