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单词 Yankton
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Definition of Yankton in English:

Yankton

nounPlural Yanktonsˈjaŋkt(ə)n

  • 1A member of a Siouan people of the Great Plains of North and South Dakota.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like the Yankton / Yanktonai Sioux, the Santee grudgingly accepted ‘concentration’ in 1858.
    • Though Robertson refers to the Yanktons and Santees throughout the book as Lakotas, they are, in fact, Dakota people.

  • 2mass noun The Siouan language of the Yankton.

adjectiveˈjaŋkt(ə)n

  • Relating to the Yankton or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Isn't Yankton that settlement they just built, after that treaty with the Yankton Sioux? ‘asked Adam.’
    • The ‘reformers ‘- notably John Collier, founder of the American Indian Defense Association, and Gertrude Bonnin, a Yankton Dakota - sought to preserve Native American resources, crafts, culture, land, and spirituality.’

Origin

Yankton, literally ‘end village’.

Definition of Yankton in US English:

Yankton

nounˈyaNGktən

  • 1A member of a Siouan people of the Great Plains of North and South Dakota.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Like the Yankton / Yanktonai Sioux, the Santee grudgingly accepted ‘concentration’ in 1858.
    • Though Robertson refers to the Yanktons and Santees throughout the book as Lakotas, they are, in fact, Dakota people.

  • 2The Siouan language of the Yankton.

adjectiveˈyaNGktən

  • Relating to the Yankton or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Isn't Yankton that settlement they just built, after that treaty with the Yankton Sioux? ‘asked Adam.’
    • The ‘reformers ‘- notably John Collier, founder of the American Indian Defense Association, and Gertrude Bonnin, a Yankton Dakota - sought to preserve Native American resources, crafts, culture, land, and spirituality.’

Origin

Yankton, literally ‘end village’.
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