Dakota

[ duh-koh-tuh ]
/ dəˈkoʊ tə /

noun

a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.
the Dakotas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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.
a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and Assiniboin Indians.

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Da·ko·tan, adjective, noun

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Dakota
/ (dəˈkəʊtə) /

noun

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