South Dakota

South Dakota Abbr. SD or S.D. or S.Dak.

A state of the north-central United States. It was admitted as the 40th state in 1889. Acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, the region became part of the Dakota Territory in 1861 and was split off from North Dakota at the time it achieved statehood. Pierre is the capital and Sioux Falls the largest city. Population: 796,000.

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South Dakotan adj. & n.

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South Dakota

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(Placename) a state of the western US: lies mostly in the Great Plains; the chief US producer of gold and beryl. Capital: Pierre. Pop.: 754 844 (2000). Area: 196 723 sq. km (75 955 sq. miles) Abbreviations S. Dak (with zip code), SD

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South Dakota - a state in north central United States Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD Bad Lands, Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska Badlands National Park - a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites Wind Cave National Park - a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Dakota - the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota Aberdeen - a town in northeastern South Dakota capital of South Dakota, Pierre - capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river Rapid City - a town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills Sioux Falls - largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota Black Hills - mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming Big Sioux River - a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa Black Hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore James River, James - a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri Little Missouri, Little Missouri River - a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota Moreau River - a river that rises in western South Dakota and flows eastward to the Missouri River Mount Rushmore, Mt. Rushmore, Rushmore - a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it