Dakota

(də kōt′ə)

noun

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
the Siouan language of this group

Origin: < Dakota dakóta, allies < da, to think of as + koda, friend

adjective

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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.

Origin: < Dakota

See Dakota in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Dakota Dakota or Da·ko·tas

a. Any of the Sioux peoples, especially any of the peoples of the Santee branch.
b. A member of a Sioux people, especially a Santee.
The Siouan language of the Dakota, especially the dialect of the Santee.

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