Dakota
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Definition of Dakota
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the northern Mississippi River valley
2 : the Siouan language of the Dakota people
Dakota
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Definition of Dakota (Entry 2 of 2)
territory (1861–89) in the northwestern U.S. that was divided in 1889 into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
(the Da*ko*tas
\də-ˈkō-təz
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Dakota
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Kids Definition of Dakota
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the area that is now Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
2 : the language of the Dakota people
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