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# dakota

noun (Dakota, the Dakotas; a Dakota — a person); adjective (Dakota)

«dakota» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. North Dakota and South Dakota: two states in the middle north of the USA; together «the Dakotas». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#m1)
2. The Dakota: a Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation; also their language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#m2)
3. (a name) Dakota is used as a first name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons the Dakotas are US states with wide prairies and farms; Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. In history lessons the Dakota people lived on the plains and hunted buffalo; their land was taken by settlers and the US army. Phrases: «North Dakota», «South Dakota», «the Dakota people».

### Examples

- Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x1)
- North Dakota has very cold winters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x2)
- The Dakota people are part of the Sioux nation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x3)
- The state is named after the Dakota people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x4)
- The word Dakota is often said to mean «friends» or «allies». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x5)
- My cousin Dakota lives in Texas. (a name) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x6)
- Iktomi dresses like a real Dakota brave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#x7)

### Note

Always a capital D. «The Dakotas» = the two states. Related peoples: Lakota, Nakota.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dakota» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dakota» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dakota.html) on Mova free.