dakotas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux
    Dakota.
  2. noun the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
    Dakota.
  3. noun the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota
    Dakota.

WordNet

Da*ko"tas noun plural
Wordforms
singular Dacota
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. Written also Dacotahs.

Webster 1913