Yankton

[ yangk-tuh n ]

/ ˈyæŋk tən /

noun, plural Yank·tons, (especially collectively) Yank·ton for 1.

a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.Compare Yanktonai.

a town in SE South Dakota.

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Examples from the Web for yankton

The commissioners had satisfied the law, having met, organized, and adjourned in Yankton.
North Dakota|Various
Reaching Springfield—twelve miles below—before breakfast, in the evening we lifted Yankton out of a cloud of flying sand.
The River and I|John G. Neihardt
That afternoon we were successful in landing a job out on Brown's ranch, a distance of fifty miles from Yankton.
Wanderlust|Robert R. (Robert Rice) Reynolds
Its population was sometimes increased by visitors from the large Ponca Village, and from a Yankton village not far away.
Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army|Augustus Meyers

That trotting-cow man at Yankton ought to come up here and show Henderson a little speed.
The Voyage of the Rattletrap|Hayden Carruth