Lak̇ot̄a

A form of Lakota — A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.

OriginLakota Lak̇ot̄a →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Lakota.

    The sketchbook was found at the Battle of Greasy Grass (aka the Battle of Little Bighorn), where Lak̇ot̄a warriors resoundingly defeated General George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry on a June morning in 1876.

    2022 March 29, Anthony Trujillo, “Of Dreams, Relatives, Spirits and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard”, in Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art, number 8.1

Origin

  1. LakotaLak̇ot̄a
  2. EnglishLak̇ot̄a

Unadapted borrowing from Lakota Lak̇ot̄a

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APA

Lak̇ot̄a. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lak%CC%87ot%CC%84a

MLA

“Lak̇ot̄a.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lak%CC%87ot%CC%84a. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lak̇ot̄a,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lak%CC%87ot%CC%84a.

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