Lakota

La·ko·ta  (l-kt)

n. pl. Lakota or La·ko·tas

1. See Teton.

2. The dialect of Sioux spoken by the Teton.

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Noun

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Lakota - a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains Teton, Teton Dakota, Teton Sioux 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 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 Two Kettle - a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux