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Dakota

noun

  1. pl. Dakotas or Dakota a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples (also called Sioux) of the plains of the N U.S. and adjacent S Canada
  2. the Siouan language of this group

adjective

  1. of the Dakota Indians or their language or culture
  2. of North Dakota, South Dakota, or both

Related Forms:

former U.S. territory (1861-89), orig. including an area that is present-day N.Dak., S.Dak., and much of what is now Wyo. & Mont.

See Dakota in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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