Other Definitions
dakota (dict)
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DakotaDakota can mean any of these:- - A group of Amerindian tribes (see Lakota or Sioux), or lands named after them:-
- The related tribes in Minnesota known as Dakota Oyate (Nation), or Santees, and means ""allies"", including the Prairie Island (Mdewakanton and Wahpekute) Indian Community, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, the Lower Sioux Mdewakanton Indian Community, and the Upper Sioux Dakota Indian Community.
- The meta-tribe that includes all Dakota, Lakota and Nakota people and bands, commonly called ""the Sioux"".
- That meta-tribe's "'d'" dialect of the Siouan language.
- The Dakota Territory, which existed from 1858 until 1889. It was earlier the western half of the territory of Minnesota. In 1858 the eastern half of the territory of Minnesota became the present state of Minnesota. In 1889 the Dakota Territory was split into the present states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
- A truck made by Dodge.
- An aircraft, the DC3 or C-47 Dakota.
- A distinctive and famous apartment building in New York City, The Dakota.
- Betty Spaghetty's pet horse, Dakota,
- An actress, Dakota Fanning,
- The towns of Dakota, Illinois, Dakota, Minnesota, and Dakota, Wisconsin,
- The UK #1 song by Stereophonics in 2005 (see Dakota (song)).
- The City of Dakota - a fictional midwestern city where the events of the titles of Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint of DC Comics), took place in.
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