Main Entry: Da·ko·ta

Pronunciation: \də-ˈkō-tə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Dakotas also Dakota

Etymology: Dakota (Yankton-Yánktonai and Santee dialects) dak^hóta, perhaps literally, friendly, allied

Date: 1804

1 : a member of an American Indian people of the northern Mississippi River valley
2 : the Siouan language of the Dakota people