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Man⋅dan

  [man-dan, -duhn]
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–noun
1. a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.
2. the Siouan language of the Mandan Indians.
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Man⋅dan

  [man-duhn]
–noun
a city in S North Dakota, near Bismarck. 15,513.
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Man·dan   (mān'dān')   
n.   pl. Mandan or Man·dans

    1. A Native American people formerly living in villages along the Missouri River in south-central North Dakota, with present-day descendants on Lake Sakakawea in west-central North Dakota.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Siouan language of the Mandan.


[French Mandane, probably from Dakota mawátaɴna.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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