South Dakota

American  

noun

1. a state in the northern central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Pierre. SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.

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South Dakota British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: S. Dak.   SD.  a state of the western US: lies mostly in the Great Plains; the chief US producer of gold and beryl. Capital: Pierre. Pop: 764 309 (2003 est). Area: 196 723 sq km (75 955 sq miles)

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South Dakota Cultural  

1. State in the north-central United States bordered by North Dakota to the north, Minnesota and Iowa to the east, Nebraska to the south, and Wyoming and Montana to the west. Its capital is Pierre, and its largest city is Sioux Falls.

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Other Word Forms

• South Dakotan adjective

Example Sentences

West Virginia, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois—these isolated local stories are combining to mark a nationwide desecration of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the court put it in South Dakota v.

From The Wall Street Journal

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is demanding the release of three tribal members detained by ICE officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota last Friday.

From Salon

That’s why your credit card may be “issued” by a bank subsidiary in Utah, South Dakota or Delaware, which have lax usury limits.

From Los Angeles Times

For the CareScout ranking, other states in the top five included New Hampshire, Vermont, Montana and South Dakota.

From MarketWatch