English Explanatory Dictionary

Dakota

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Santee branch of the Sioux people.
  2. The language of these people.
  3. Either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota.
  4. The Dakota Territory; an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
  5. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
noun
  1. A member of the Dakota people.
  2. A Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
  3. Out of air-to-ground ordinance.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Dakota.wav /dəˈkəʊtə/

Word forms

Dakota Dakotas Dacota Dacotah Dahcotah Dakhóta

Etymology

Borrowed from Dakota dakhóta (“ally”).

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Dakota terms

Derived words

Dak Dak. Dakota City Dakota County Dakota group Dakota Territory Lost Dakota North Dakota South Dakota Territory of Dakota

Translations

Dakota: Dakhótiyapi Dakota: Dakȟótiyapi Dutch: Dakota Finnish: dakota French: dakota German: Dakota Marathi: डॅकोटा Ojibwe: bwaanimowin Romanian: dakota
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