Dakotan
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- proper noun
- /dəˈkoʊtən/
- US
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dakotano
- Several North Dakotans touted buffalo chips candy (chocolate-covered potato chips) as mementos of what the bison left behind.
- a North Dakotan
- a South Dakotan
Examples
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Perhaps North Dakotans and Idahoans are comparing themselves with neighboring Canadians, who overwhelmingly support Obama.
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North Dakotans like Jack Dalrymple, and they like the way he is leading the state.
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On a side note, I am a fellow North Dakotan :)
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"This is a huge win for South Dakotans and the nation."
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As one North Dakotan recently said, when asked to compare his home state to neighboring Canada: "There's not a damn bit of difference."
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Pro-life North Dakotans, then, are not alone.
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More than a year ago, North Dakotan farmers, with state government representatives accompanying them, were in Winnipeg looking at the Wheat Board.
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Forty percent of South Dakotans are of German ancestry, 16% of Scandinavian, and 10% of Irish.
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I suspect that while many Californians congratulate themselves on their high-mindedness, North Dakotans congratulate themselves on a low unemployment rate.
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Many North Dakotans participated in the community celebration last weekend.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Dakotan = Dakota (transparent) = Dakota + an
Formed from 'Dakota' with the demonymic/adjectival suffix '-an' to indicate a person or attribute of North or South Dakota (the meaning is directly inferable).
Etymology
Dakotan comes from Dakota, the Native American name meaning 'friend' or 'ally', and the US states were later named after this people. So a Dakotan can also mean a person who lives in or comes from North Dakota or South Dakota.