Dakota

[duh-koh-tuh]

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.

Dakota

/ dəˈkəʊtə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Dakotan adjective

Example Sentences

South Dakota, Utah and North Carolina have high percentages of jobs at risk, according to their analysis.

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It played a central role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign.

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Mark Gronowski has not reinvigorated Iowa’s passing attack like some thought he would when he transferred from Football Championship Series powerhouse South Dakota State.

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North Carolina has also enacted a similar law, while Georgia and South Dakota are in talks of proposals.

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The tentative agreement covers 300 locomotive engineers on the Soo Line property operating trains in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

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