Dakota may refer to: *

Dakota people The Dakota (pronounced , or ) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe (Native American), tribe and First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultur ...

, a sub-tribe of the Sioux **

Dakota language The Dakota language ( or ), also referred to as Dakhóta, is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota people of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, commonly known in English as the Sioux. Dakota is closely related to and mutually intelligible with the Lak ...

, their language Dakota may also refer to:

Places

United States

* Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community *

Dakota, Illinois Dakota is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 506 at the 2010 census, up from 499 in 2000. History Dakota was laid out in 1857 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office has been in opera ...

, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, a city * Dakota, Wisconsin, a town ** Dakota (community), Wisconsin, 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 ...

Dakota City, Nebraska Dakota City is a city in and the county seat of Dakota County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,919 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. Tyson Foods' largest beef production plant is located in Dakota City. History Dako ...

Dakota County, Minnesota Dakota County is the third-most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 439,882. The populat ...

Dakota County, Nebraska Dakota County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 21,582. Its county seat is Dakota City. Dakota County is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area. In the Nebraska license plate ...

Dakota Formation The Dakota is a sedimentary rock, sedimentary geologic unit name of Formation (stratigraphy), formation and Group (stratigraphy), group rank in Midwestern North America. The Dakota units are generally composed of sandstones, mudstones, clays, and ...

, a North American geologic unit named for the county *

The Dakotas The Dakotas, also known as simply Dakota, is a collective term for the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota. It has been used historically to describe the Dakota Territory, and is still used for the collective heritage, culture, geo ...

, a collective term for the states of North and South Dakota *

Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of ...

(1861–1889) * Department of Dakota (1866–1911), an administrative district of the U.S. Army

Elsewhere

* Dacota, also spelt Dakota, a town in Aruba

People

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

Dakota (singer) Sophie Elton, known professionally as Dakota, is a British singer based in London. She is best known for singing on Jonas Blue's 2015 version of Tracy Chapman's 1988 single "Fast Car". Career "Fast Car" Dakota first appeared on Jonas Blue's tr ...

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

Markus Schulz Markus Schulz ( , ; born 3 February 1969) is a German DJ and record producer based in Miami, Florida. Best known for his weekly radio show titled ''Global DJ Broadcast'' that airs on Digitally Imported radio, ah.fm and other online stations, Sc ...

Arts and entertainment

Dakota North (comics) Dakota North is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Martha Thomases and artist Tony Salmons, North was originally the star of her own short-lived 1986 series and later a part of ...

, Marvel Comics character * ''Dakota'' (2022 film), a 2022 film starring Abbie Cornish * ''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 Martha Grimes (born May 2, 1931) is an American writer of detective fiction. She is best known for a series featuring Richard Jury, a Scotland Yard inspector, and Melrose Plant, an aristocrat turned amateur sleuth. Early life and education Marth ...

Dakota (American band) Dakota was an American based melodic rock group, initially active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dakota first achieved moderate success with their 1979 self-titled album ''Dakota'', but the band's popularity increased rapidly while perfor ...

, a melodic rock band * "Dakota" (song), a 2005 UK #1 song by Stereophonics

Brands

Dakota (cigarette) Dakota was an American brand of cigarettes which was owned and manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. History Dakota was introduced in 1990 and was mainly marketed towards 18 to 24 year old blue-collar ''"virile females"'' with no ...

, a brand *

Ritz Dakota Digital The Ritz Dakota Digital was a type of point-and-shoot digital camera, introduced in July 2003, designed by Pure Digital Technologies and sold by the Ritz Camera Centers. It had a digital photo resolution of 1.2 megapixels (1280 pixels wide, 960 ...

, a camera

Sports

Dakota Bowl The Dakota Bowl is the North Dakota High School Activities Association football championship weekend played at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota Fargo is the List of cities in North Dakota, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dako ...

, 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 the 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 ...

** Dakota II, Royal Air Force designation of impressed

aircraft **

Douglas C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for tro ...

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 Dakota MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Geylang planning area, Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Th ...

, a Mass Rapid Transit Station in Paya Lebar, Singapore *

Dodge Dakota The Dodge Dakota, marketed as the Ram Dakota for the final two years of production, is a Pickup truck#Mid-size pickups, mid-size pickup truck manufactured by Chrysler and marketed by its Dodge Truck division (model years 1987-2009) and later its R ...

, light truck **

Shelby Dakota The Shelby Dakota is a limited-production performance version of the Dodge Dakota Sport pickup truck. Offered by Shelby for 1989 only, it was his first rear-wheel drive vehicle in many years, and his first production pickup truck. The Shelby Dako ...

, 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), 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 constru ...

, New York City apartment building * Dakota (Warrenton, Virginia), 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