The word Dakota (borrowed from the autonym of the Sioux people) may refer to:

• A group of Amerindian tribes (see Sioux), or lands named after them:
  • The related tribes in Minnesota known as the Santee or Dakota Oyate (Nation), including the Prairie Island (Mdewakanton and Wahpekute) Indian Community, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, the Lower Sioux Mdewakanton Indian Community, and the Upper Sioux Dakota Indian Community.
  • The meta-tribe that includes all Santee, Lakota and Yankton-Yanktonai people and bands, commonly called Sioux.
    • That meta-tribe's "'d'" dialect of the Sioux language, including Santee and Yankton (in now outdated linguistic classifications)
  • The Dakota Territory of the United States of America, which existed from 1858 until 1889. Before 1858 the area formed the western half of the territory of Minnesota. In 1858 the eastern half of the territory of Minnesota became the present state of Minnesota. In 1889 the present states of North Dakota and South Dakota, together now sometimes known as the Dakotas, replaced the Dakota Territory.

• A company in Belgium, DAKOTA Motorhomes bvba, which rents campers and RVs
• An actress, Dakota Fanning
• An aircraft, the DC3 or C-47 Dakota
• A truck made by Dodge
• A distinctive and famous apartment building in New York City, The Dakota
• Betty Spaghetty's pet horse, Dakota
• Towns:
  • Dakota, Illinois
  • Dakota, Minnesota
  • Dakota, Wisconsin
  • The City of Dakota - a fictional midwestern city where the events of the titles of Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint of DC Comics) take place
• A 2005 UK #1 song by Stereophonics (see Dakota (song))
• DAKOTA - a software toolkit interfacing analysis codes with iterative systems-analysis methods
• Dakota MRT station, one of the stations on the Circle Line MRT currently under construction in Singapore.
• A 1945 film starring John Wayne.
• A 1988 film starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
• The Dakota Bar and Grill is the premier Jazz club located in downtown Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall.
• Dakota is a common name of restaurants across the world.
• A fictional city that is home to comicbook super hero Static.
• A company that makes knives and Multi-tools. Their symbol is an eagle looking to the left.

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