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# dakota

«dakota» in Mova's school dictionary: **North Dakota and South Dakota: two states in the middle…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) North Dakota and South Dakota: two states in the middle north of the USA; together «the Dakotas». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#m2)

3) (a name) Dakota is used as a first name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- [Dakota says, «He made a mistake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/33/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dakota» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dakota/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.