Lakota

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UK/ləˈkəʊtə/US/ləˈkoʊtə/

noun

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.

Similar
TetonTeton SiouxTeton Dakota
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounLakota (plural Lakotas or Lakota)

plural Lakotas · alternative Lakhota · alternative Lak̇ot̄a · alternative Lak'ota · alternative La-Cotah

  1. 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.

    ‘He wore an eagle feather from the time he was sixteen. He counted coup many times on La-Cotahs and Cut Arms’.

    1951, Dorothy M. Johnson, Warrior's Exile; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 60
proper noun

alternative Lakhota · alternative Lak̇ot̄a · alternative Lak'ota · alternative La-Cotah

  1. The language spoken by the Lakota.

    This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.

    2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains

Similar
TetonTeton SiouxTeton Dakota

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LakotaLakȟóta
  2. LakotaLakȟóta
  3. EnglishLakota

Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (“alliance of friends”).

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Translations

French lakota
  • lakotalanguage
German Lakota
  • Lakotatribe
Russian лако́та, лако́та
  • лако́та (lakóta)tribe
  • лако́та (lakóta)language
Spanish lakota
  • lakotatribe
Swedish lakota
  • lakotalanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Lakota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lakota

MLA

“Lakota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lakota. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lakota,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lakota.

Source: Lakota on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.