Dakota

[ duh-koh-tuh ]

noun
  1. a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.

  1. the Dakotas, North Dakota and South Dakota.

  2. Also called Sioux. a member of the largest tribe of the Siouan stock of North American Indians, who originally occupied Minnesota and Wisconsin and later migrated westward to the Great Plains.

  3. a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and Assiniboin Indians.

Other words from Dakota

  • Da·ko·tan, adjective, noun

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Dakota

/ (dəˈkəʊtə) /


noun
  1. a former territory of the US: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889

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