North Dakota

American  

noun

1. a state in the northern central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Bismarck. ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.

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North Dakota British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: N. Dak..   N.D..   ND.  a state of the western US: mostly undulating prairies and plains, rising from the Red River valley in the east to the Missouri plateau in the west, with the infertile Bad Lands in the extreme west. Capital: Bismarck. Pop: 633 837 (2003 est). Area: 183 019 sq km (70 664 sq miles)

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North Dakota Cultural  

1. State in the north-central United States, bordered by Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, to the north; Minnesota to the east; South Dakota to the south; and Montana to the west. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.

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Other Word Forms

• North Dakotan
  adjective

Example Sentences

Last week federal Judge Daniel Traynor blocked a North Dakota law that sought to exploit 340B to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars from drug makers to hospitals and pharmacies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Enter North Dakota, which passed a law last year barring drug makers from limiting the number of pharmacies in the state that qualify for discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

In August 2025, the company also finalized a new lease agreement with CoreWeave for an additional 150-megawatt data center in North Dakota, bringing Applied Digital’s total anticipated contracted lease revenue to about $11 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

To me such a place was Fargo, North Dakota.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck