Definitions for dakotadəˈkoʊ tə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Da•ko•ta*dəˈkoʊ tə(n.)(pl.)-tas; -ta
a former territory in the U.S.: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota 1889.
Category: Geography (places)
the Dakotas, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Category: Geography (places)
a member of an American Indian people of Minnesota and the N Great Plains in the mid-19th century: later confined to reservations, mainly in the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Canada.
Category: Peoples
the easternmost subgroup of the Dakota.
Category: Peoples
the Siouan language of the Dakota.
Category: Peoples
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Da•ko′tan(adj.; n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Dakota(noun)
a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
Dakota(noun)
the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
Dakota(noun)
the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
Wiktionary
Dakota(Noun)
A member of the Dakota people.
Dakota(ProperNoun)
the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people
Dakota(ProperNoun)
either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota
Dakota(ProperNoun)
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