单词 | Dakota |
释义 | Dakota1/dəˈkəʊtə /A former territory of the US, organized in 1889 into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. DerivativesDakotan
RhymesDakota2/dəˈkəʊtə /noun (plural same or Dakotas) 1A member of a North American Indian people of the northern Mississippi valley and the surrounding plains.Moreover, they succeeded in the case of the Nez Perces and Dakotas because tribal members took control of the missions in ways that met their cultural needs and assuaged their spiritual hunger....
2 [mass noun] The Siouan language of the Dakota, spoken by about 15,000 people. Also called Sioux.He encourages others to learn Native languages saying, ‘Raising a generation of fluent speakers is the start of ensuring that our people will speak Dakota in the future.’...
adjective Relating to the Dakota or their language.An oblate there said I should have been called Ti-kdi-sni, which in the Dakota language means ‘Never Stays Home.’...
OriginThe name in Dakota, literally 'allies'. |
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