Dakota

/dəˈkoʊdə/

/dəˈkʌʊtə/

Other forms: Dakotas

Definitions of Dakota

1. noun

   a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
   type of:

   Siouan, Sioux

   a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
2. noun

   the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
   type of:

   Siouan, Siouan language

   a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
3. noun

   the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
   example of:

   geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

   a demarcated area of the Earth