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Yank⋅to⋅nai

  [yangk-tuh-nahy]
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–noun, plural -nais, (especially collectively) -nai.
a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Yankton (def. 1).
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Yank·to·nai   (yāngk'tə-nī')   
n.   pl. Yanktonai or Yank·to·nais

  1. A division of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting northern Minnesota, now located mainly in North and South Dakota and eastern Montana.

  2. A member of this division.

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