Plural of Dakota; members of the Dakota Native American people or the Dakota territories; also refers to North/South Dakota.
From the Dakota language word for 'allies' or 'friends,' named after the Sioux Nation; 'dakotas' is both an ethnic and geographic plural.
The Dakota territory was so vast and important that when America split it, they kept the name 'Dakota' for two states—North Dakota and South Dakota!
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