Dakota

American  

[duh-koh-tuh] / dəˈkoʊ tə /

noun

1. a former territory in the United States: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889.

2. North Dakota or South Dakota.

3. the Dakotas, North Dakota and South Dakota.

4. Also called Sioux.  a member of the largest tribe of the Siouan stock of North American Indians, who originally occupied Minnesota and Wisconsin and later migrated westward to the Great Plains.

5. Santee.

6. a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and Assiniboin Indians.

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Dakota British  

/ dəˈkəʊtə /

noun

1. a former territory of the US: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889

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Other Word Forms

• Dakotan
  adjective

Example Sentences

It has since been donated to the Badlands Dinosaur Museum in Dickinson, North Dakota.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Times staff writers Kevin Rector, Dakota Smith and Blanca Begert contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Another of Hoover's novels, Verity, is now being adapted as a film starring Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Korsmo said she has appealed to lawmakers’ own restaurant-industry histories, like Senate Majority Leader John Thune, whose first job was as a busser at a South Dakota restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The Fifth Cohort was marching towards them double-time, Dakota in the lead.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan