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plural Dakota also Dakotas
: a member of an Indigenous people of the northern Mississippi River valley
Note: The Dakota are divided into the Eastern Dakota, also known as Santee, and the Western Dakota, which include the Yankton and Yanktonai. Along with the Lakota people, the Eastern and Western Dakota form part of the Dakota people. In Canada, the Dakota are designated as a First Nation people.
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: the Siouan language of the Dakota people
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Dakota
noun
Da·ko·ta
də-ˈkōt-ə 
plural Dakotas also Dakota
: a member of an Indigenous people of the northern Mississippi valley
Geographical Definition
Dakota
geographical name
Da·ko·ta
də-ˈkō-tə
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
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də-ˈkō-təz 
\ )
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