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LAKOTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains

Synonyms:

Lakota; Teton; Teton Dakota; Teton Sioux

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Lakota" is a kind of...):

Siouan; Sioux (a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lakota"):

Brule (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Hunkpapa (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains)

Miniconju (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Ogalala; Oglala (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota)

Sihasapa (a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

Two Kettle (a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux)

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