n., pl., Mandan, or -dans.
- A Native American people formerly living in villages along the Missouri River in south-central North Dakota, with present-day descendants on Lake Sakakawea in west-central North Dakota.
- A member of this people.
- The Siouan language of the Mandan.
[French Mandane, probably from Dakota mawátaNna.]
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