Dakota
noun/dəˈkəʊtə/
/dəˈkəʊtə/
- (plural Dakota, Dakotas)a member of a native North American people of the upper Mississippi valley and the plains (= large areas of flat land) around it. They are one of the main groups that make up the Sioux people. see also Lakota, Sioux
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- the British name for a US military aircraft, the Douglas C-47, used in World War Two. It was first used in 1935 as a passenger plane, called the Douglas DC-3.
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