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Dakotan

British  
/ dəˈkəʊtən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Dakota or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Dakota

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kalen DeBoer, a South Dakotan who cut his teeth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, spent 2019 as the Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

This sense of impending danger continues as Elinor is undermined, second-guessed and transgressed upon as a woman, a North Dakotan, a writer and a biracial American.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

The judge set his bond at $2 million cash and scheduled his next court appearance for Nov. 16 in Tyndall, the Yanton Press and Dakotan reported.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2021

Two years ago, a paleontologist claimed to have found evidence at a fossil-rich North Dakotan site called Tanis that dinosaurs were alive until moments after the impact, when floodwaters surged over them.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 22, 2021

And that is what I thought of, when the Dakotan said that the Lake was listening.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington