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Dakotan

British  
/ dəˈkəʊtən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Dakota or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Dakota

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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For what it’s worth, this former North Dakotan certainly loved it.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Kalen DeBoer, a South Dakotan who cut his teeth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, spent 2019 as the Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“I think the average North Dakotan who enjoys sports wagering isn’t concerned where the tax revenue is going,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

This sense of impending danger continues as Elinor is undermined, second-guessed and transgressed upon as a woman, a North Dakotan, a writer and a biracial American.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

I exclude those not in accordance with sound representation, and the analogies of such allied Dakotan and I E forms as are known to me.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)