Dakota

American  

[duh-koh-tuh] / dəˈkoʊ tə /

noun

• Dakotas
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• Dakotan
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Dakotas
  plural

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Example Sentences

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Dakota Dakotas

A bond issued last year to finance Applied Digital’s build-out of a North Dakota data center leased to CoreWeave, however, currently yields around 8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Watch an unhinged new thriller: Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, brings Colleen Hoover’s most bonkers book to the big screen.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Swift used the occasion to premiere the video for her new single "Patient Zero," which stars actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In addition to Brunson, who might bring along famous friends like Mariska Hargitay or Taylor Swift, actor Dakota Johnson will host, with rock group Turnstile as the musical guest on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

‘But alone I can do it. Dakota, Leila - Jules-Albert will drive you to the legion lines. Get out, talk to your troops, convince them to follow your lead. I’ll need a distraction.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

For decades, the swath from the Dakotas to Ohio steadily lost population to other parts of the country, as manufacturing jobs disappeared and the growth of the service economy pulled people to the South.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

The fact that Morès was neighbors with Teddy Roosevelt out in the Dakotas is such an interesting historical coincidence.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026

"The Naashoibito dinosaurs lived at the same time as the famous Hell Creek species in Montana and the Dakotas," said Daniel Peppe, Ph.D., associate professor of geosciences at Baylor University.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025

Data center developers are working in Alabama, the Dakotas and Indiana, “traditionally states that wouldn’t have data centers,” Eades said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

I couldn’t handle the Dakotas on my own, and I cursed a fate that knocked out Charlie at just the wrong moment.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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