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Lakota

//ləˈkəʊtə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language spoken by the Lakota.

    "This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands."

  2. 2
    A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  3. 3
    A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.
  2. 2
    a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).

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