Lakota

See also: lakota, Lak'ota, łakota, and Łakota

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Lakota Lakȟóta (alliance of friends).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləˈkəʊtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ləˈkoʊtə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

Lakota (plural Lakotas or Lakota)

  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.

Translations

  • Note: These are translations for the plural form.

Proper noun

Lakota

  1. The language spoken by the Lakota.
    • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN[1]:
      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.
  2. A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Nelson County, North Dakota, United States.

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈkɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: La‧ko‧ta

Proper noun

Lakota m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Lakota f

  1. a female surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Lakota”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022