name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/dəˈkəʊtə/
rhymes with -əʊtə
CMU ARPABET:D AH0 K OW1 T AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
The Santee branch of the Sioux people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 2
The language of these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 3
Either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A member of the Dakota people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
Out of air-to-ground ordinance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract