- a former territory of the US, organized in 1889 into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.达科他（原美国准州, 1889年分成北达科他和南达科他两州）。
派生词
Dakotan
noun & adjective(复同单, 或Dakotas)
1
- a member of a North American Indian people of the northern Mississippi valley and the surrounding plains达科他族人（北美密西西比河流域北部和周边平原一印第安部族）。
2
- mass noun the Siouan language of this people, spoken by about 15,000 people达科他语（该部族所用的苏语, 有约15,000使用者）。亦称SIOUX.
- of or relating to this people or their language（与）达科他人（有关）的; （与）达科他语（有关）的。
词源
the name in Dakota, literally 'allies'.