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.

Santee(defs 3, 4).

a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and Assiniboin Indians.

OTHER WORDS FROM Dakota

Da·ko·tan, adjective, noun

Example sentences from the Web for dakotan

Recently the Dakotan told me of a dream, and I asked him to write it.

Child and Country |Will Levington Comfort
The burial customs of all the Dakotan tribes would appear to have been fluctuating, inclining to aerial sepulture.

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23 |Various
And that is what I thought of, when the Dakotan said that the Lake was listening.

Child and Country |Will Levington Comfort
All of the Dakotan tribes and some others formerly made and baked pottery similar to that found in the mounds of the Ohio valley.

The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages |Andrew Woods Williamson

I first heard of the Dakotan at a time when I was not quite so interested in the younger generation.

Child and Country |Will Levington Comfort

British Dictionary definitions for dakotan (1 of 2)

Dakotan

/ (dəˈkəʊtən) /

adjective

of or relating to Dakota or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Dakota

British Dictionary definitions for dakotan (2 of 2)

Dakota

/ (dəˈkəʊtə) /

noun

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

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Dakota

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OTHER WORDS FROM Dakota

Example sentences from the Web for dakotan

British Dictionary definitions for dakotan (1 of 2)

adjective

noun

British Dictionary definitions for dakotan (2 of 2)

noun