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Dakota

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /dəˈkəʊtə/
  • rhymes with -əʊtə
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 K OW1 T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The Santee branch of the Sioux people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

The language of these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

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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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4

name

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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5

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.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A Douglas DC-3 aircraft.

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noun

Meaning 8

Out of air-to-ground ordinance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war

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9

noun

Meaning 9

the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Siouan, Siouan language

10

noun

Meaning 10

the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

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noun

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Sioux, Siouan

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Dakota dakhóta (“ally”).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dakota: Dakȟótiyapi — Native American people
  • Dutch: Dakota — Native American people
  • Finnish: dakotat — Native American people
  • French: Dakotas — Native American people
  • German: Dakota — Native American people
  • Māori: Takouta — Native American people
  • Marathi: डॅकोटा (ḍĕkoṭā) — Native American people
  • Ojibwe: Bwaanag — Native American people
  • Ojibwe: Naadawesiwag — Native American people
  • Ojibwe: bwaan — Native American people
  • Ottawa: Naadweswag — Native American people
  • Polish: Dakota — Native American people
  • Romanian: dakota — Native American people
  • Romanian: dakotas — Native American people
  • Spanish: dacota — Native American people
  • Dakota: Dakhótiyapi — language of the Dakota
  • Dakota: Dakȟótiyapi — language of the Dakota
  • Dutch: Dakota — language of the Dakota
  • Finnish: dakota — language of the Dakota
  • French: dakota — language of the Dakota
  • German: Dakota — language of the Dakota
  • Marathi: डॅकोटा (ḍĕkoṭā) — language of the Dakota
  • Ojibwe: bwaanimowin — language of the Dakota
  • Romanian: dakota — language of the Dakota
  • Dakota: Dakȟóta — member of the Dakota people
  • Finnish: dakota — member of the Dakota people
  • French: Dakota — member of the Dakota people
  • German: Dakota — member of the Dakota people
  • Marathi: डॅकोटा (ḍĕkoṭā) — member of the Dakota people
  • Ojibwe: bwaan — member of the Dakota people
  • Ojibwe: bwaanag — member of the Dakota people
  • Ojibwe: naadawesi — member of the Dakota people
  • Ojibwe: naadawesiwag — member of the Dakota people
  • Ottawa: naadwesi — member of the Dakota people
  • Ottawa: naadweswag — member of the Dakota people
  • Polish: Dakotyjczyk — member of the Dakota people
  • Polish: Dakotyjka — member of the Dakota people
  • Romanian: dakota — member of the Dakota people
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