North Dakota
a state in the northern central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Capital: Bismarck. Abbreviations: ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.
Other words from North Dakota
- North Dakotan, adjective, noun
Words Nearby North Dakota
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North Dakota began tracking attendance for all schools on a daily basis, and several schools used coronavirus aid to hire family liaisons to find missing students.
Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them. | Moriah Balingit | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostRepublicans solidified their hold on Western states such as Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Arizona and Utah.
Republicans now enjoy unmatched power in the states. It was a 40-year effort. | David Byler | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostLegislatures in several other states—including Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Washington—have some kind of data privacy bills currently under consideration.
Virginia is about to get a major California-style data privacy law | Kate Cox | February 11, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe state ranks second, after North Dakota, in cases per 100,000 residents.
South Dakota’s covid-19 numbers have been terrible, but the governor says that’s the wrong metric | Glenn Kessler | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostMaryland is one of a handful of states where winners can remain anonymous, along with Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina and Wyoming.
Winning $730 million Powerball ticket sold in Maryland | Dana Hedgpeth | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post
Tim Mathern, a longtime North Dakota state Senator came to the event thinking that it was “all about licking our wounds.”
Three of those Democratic incumbents represent Indiana, Montana, and North Dakota.
North Dakota has a less subtle constitutional amendment on the ballot stating that life begins at conception.
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November | Ben Jacobs | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAbortion will be on the ballot in Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November | Ben Jacobs | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe voters of North Dakota had to decide whether or not to keep the nickname.
The Native Americans Who Voted for ‘The Fighting Sioux’ | Evan Weiner | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI worked in North Dakota, and had saved up and planned to come over and marry my sweetheart, who waited in Brussels for me.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatThe native tribes of North Dakota are of three different linguistic stocks or races.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreNorth Dakota has a number of places to which attach interesting legends and myths.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreThey were now very far north, near the northwest corner of what is the state of North Dakota.
Historic Adventures | Rupert S. HollandAnother authority states that the body of Benny was dragged to a safe distance from the North Dakota camp and buried.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan | W. B. Laughead
British Dictionary definitions for North Dakota
a state of the western US: mostly undulating prairies and plains, rising from the Red River valley in the east to the Missouri plateau in the west, with the infertile Bad Lands in the extreme west. Capital: Bismarck. Pop: 633 837 (2003 est). Area: 183 019 sq km (70 664 sq miles): Abbreviation: N. Dak., N.D., (with zip code) ND
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Cultural definitions for North Dakota
State in the north-central United States, bordered by Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, to the north; Minnesota to the east; South Dakota to the south; and Montana to the west. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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