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Yank⋅ton

  [yangk-tuhn]
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–noun, plural -tons, (especially collectively) -ton for 1.
1. a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Yanktonai.
2. a town in SE South Dakota. 12,011.
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Yank·ton   (yāngk'tən)   
n.   pl. Yankton or Yank·tons
  1. A division of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting northern Minnesota, now located mainly in the eastern Dakotas. The Yankton and Yanktonai occupy a middle position between the Santee and Teton divisions of the Sioux.
  2. A member of this division.
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