Dakota may refer to: *

Dakota people The Dakota (pronounced , Dakota language: ''Dakȟóta/Dakhóta'') are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people, and are typically divided into ...

, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to:

Places

United States

Dakota, Georgia Dakota is an unincorporated community in Turner County, Georgia, Turner County, in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. History Variant names were "Ada" and "Dakota Station". A post office called Ada was established in 1889, the name wa ...

, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, a city *

Dakota, Wisconsin Dakota is a town in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States. The unincorporated communities of Bannerman and Dakota are in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.8 square miles (8 ...

, a town **

Dakota (community), Wisconsin Dakota is an unincorporated community located in the town of Dakota, Waushara County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dakota City, Iowa Dakota City is a city in and the county seat of Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 759 at the time of the 2020 census. Dakota City shares its western border with the much larger city of Humboldt. It is the least populous co ...

* Dakota City, Nebraska * Dakota County, Minnesota * Dakota County, Nebraska ** Dakota Formation, a North American geologic unit named for the county * The Dakotas, a collective term for the states of North and South Dakota * Dakota Territory (1861–1889) * Department of Dakota (1866–1911), an administrative district of the U.S. Army

Elsewhere

Dacota Oranjestad ( , , ; literally "Orange City") is the capital and largest city of Aruba, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country. In the local langua ...

, also spelt Dakota, a town in Aruba

People

Dakota (given name) Dakota is a unisex given name derived from the name of the indigenous Native American Dakota people, or from the name of two states in the United States, North Dakota and South Dakota, which are also derived from the Dakota people local to that a ...

* Dakota (singer), a British singer * Dakota, a pseudonym of German trance music DJ and producer

Markus Schulz Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44 * Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl� ...

Arts and entertainment

Dakota North (comics) Dakota North is a fictional Character (arts), character that has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Originally the star of her own short-lived series and later a part of the supporting casts of ''Luke Cage, Cage'' ...

, Marvel Comics character * ''Dakota'' (1988 film), a 1988 film starring Lou Diamond Phillips * ''Dakota'' (1945 film), a 1945 film starring John Wayne * ''Dakota'' (novel), a 2008 book by Martha Grimes * Dakota (American band), a melodic rock band * "Dakota" (song), a 2005 UK #1 song by Stereophonics

Brands

* Dakota (cigarette), a brand * Ritz Dakota Digital, a camera

Sports

* Dakota Bowl, a championship weekend for North Dakota high school football *

SV Dakota Sport Vereniging Dakota (''English:Sports Club''), known as SV Dakota or simply Dakota is an Aruban football club based in Oranjestad, Dakota, which currently play in Aruba's first division. Achievements *Aruban Division di Honor: 17 :: 1961, ...

, an Aruban football club

Transportation

Air

* Dakota, a military version of the

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

** Dakota II, Royal Air Force designation of impressed

aircraft ** Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, a military transport aircraft * Variants of the Piper Cherokee light aircraft: ** Dakota, Piper Dakota model PA-28-236 ** Dakota, Piper Turbo Dakota model PA-28-201T

Land

* Dakota MRT station, a Mass Rapid Transit Station in Paya Lebar, Singapore * Dodge Dakota, light truck ** Shelby Dakota, a limited-production performance version of the Dodge Dakota Sport pickup truck

Water

* SS ''Dakota'' (1877), a British passenger steamship that sank off the coast of Anglesey, Wales in 1877 * SS ''Dakota'', an American ocean liner that sank off Yokohama in 1907

Other uses

Dakota (fossil) Dakota (specimen NDGS 2000) is the nickname given to an important ''Edmontosaurus'' fossil found in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. It is about 67 million years old, placing it in the Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous pe ...

, a mummified hadrosaur fossil *

The Dakota The Dakota, also known as the Dakota Apartments, is a Housing cooperative, cooperative apartment building at 1 West 72nd Street (Manhattan), 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The Dakota was construc ...

, New York City apartment building *

Dakota (Warrenton, Virginia) Dakota is a historic home located near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. The house was designed by architect William Lawrence Bottomley and built in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling. It has brick facing over a maso ...

, a historic house *

Dakota Jazz Club The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant is a jazz club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The club opened in 1985 at Bandana Square in St. Paul as a restaurant with local jazz in the bar. In 1988, the programming expanded to national artists with performance ...

, Twin Cities, Minnesota