Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The Dakota Territory or (after 1889) the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called
Sioux .
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- noun Plural form of
Dakota .
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Examples
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They have thousands and thousands of miles of cable to maintain across these barren lands we call the Dakotas, technicians to travel long distances between towns, and the cost of gas and wear and tear traveling those distances.
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I think the Dakotas are a hidden gem for whitetail and hope to hunt there someday.
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I think the Dakotas are a hidden gem for whitetail and hope to hunt there someday.
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Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas is the only blah act on the bill, but milquetoast they are.
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Mark Svoboda, climatologist for the National Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska said, "The Dakotas are the epicenter ... it's just a wasteland in north central South Dakota."
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In the Canadian service, these DC-3s were called Dakotas, or Daks.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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In the Canadian service, these DC-3s were called Dakotas, or Daks.
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The French soon abbreviated this long word into its final syllable, and called the Dakotas the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas is the only blah act on the bill, but milquetoast it is.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas is the only blah act on the bill, but milquetoast it is.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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