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DAKOTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Dakota" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Dakota"):
N.D.; ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada)
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Holonyms ("Dakota" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dakota" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Sioux (a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains)
