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Dakota

  (də-kō') pronunciation
n., pl. Dakota or -tas.
    1. Any of the Sioux peoples, especially any of the peoples of the Santee branch.
    2. A member of a Sioux people, especially a Santee.
  1. The Siouan language of the Dakota, especially the dialect of the Santee.
Dakotan Da·ko'tan adj. & n.
 
 
WordNet: Dakota
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux

Meaning #2: the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota

Meaning #3: the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people


 
Wikipedia: Dakota (disambiguation)

Dakota may refer to:

In ethnology and linguistics

  • Santee Sioux, an Amerindian tribe whose autonym is Dakota
  • Sioux, the meta-tribe including the Santee
  • Dakota language, the language of the Santee, which is now considered a dialect of the Sioux language

In geography

  • Dakota Territory, an organized territory of the United States of America, which existed from 1861 until 1889
  • North Dakota, a Midwestern state in the United States
  • South Dakota, a Midwestern state in the United States
  • The Dakotas, a collective term used in the United States to refer to the states of North Dakota and South Dakota together
  • Dakota, Illinois, a village in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States
  • Dakota, Minnesota, a city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States
  • Dakota, Wisconsin, a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States
  • Dakota MRT Station, a proposed underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle MRT Line in Singapore

In culture

In technology and business

  • Douglas Dakota, also know as the C-47 Skytrain, a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner
  • Piper Dakota, the PA-28-236 variant of the Piper Cherokee light aircraft
  • Dodge Dakota, a pick-up truck manufactured by DaimlerChrysler under the Dodge brand
  • The Dakota, a distinctive and famous apartment building in New York City
  • DAKOTA, a software toolkit interfacing analysis codes with iterative systems-analysis methods
  • Ritz Dakota Digital, a type of point-and-shoot digital camera
  • Dakota (cigarette), a brand of cigarettes R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company test-marketed in 1990

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Translations: Translations for: Dakota

Dansk (Danish)
n. - Dakota

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dakota

한국어 (Korean)
idioms:

  • North dakota    노스다코타 (미국 중서부의 주; 주도 Bismarck; (약) N, Dak., N.D.; 속칭 Flickertail State)
  • South dakota    사우스 다코타 (미국 중앙 북부의 주; 주도 Pierre; (약) S.D.; 속칭 Sunshine State, Coyote State)

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דקוטה‬


 
 

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