DAKOTA

I. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: ~ (Yankton-Yánktonai and Santee dialects) dakhóta, perhaps literally, friendly, allied Date: 1804 a member of an American Indian people of the northern Mississippi valley, the Siouan language of the ~ people, II. geographical name see: James territory (1861-89) NW United States divided 1889 into states of North ~ & South ~ (the , ~n adjective or noun