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Mandan1

[man-dan, -duh n]
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noun
  1. a member of a Siouan people of North Dakota.
  2. the Siouan language of the Mandan Indians.
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Mandan2

[man-duh n]
noun
  1. a city in S North Dakota, near Bismarck.
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Historical Examples

  • The position was superb, and the Mandan was in some sort worthy of it.

    The Coast of Bohemia

    William Dean Howells

  • The Marquis went to Mandan to ask the local magistrate for advice.

  • He had met Packard in Mandan and greeted him like a long-lost brother.

  • Footnote 21: The thieves were tried at Mandan in August, 1886.

  • One of the Mandan chiefs joined them here for the journey down the river.

    Lewis and Clark

    William R. Lighton