noun
a state in north central United States (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑Coyote State, ↑Mount Rushmore State, ↑SD
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Dakota
• Part Meronyms:
↑Bad Lands, ↑Badlands, ↑Badlands National Park, ↑Wind Cave National Park, ↑Aberdeen, ↑Pierre, ↑capital of South Dakota, ↑Rapid City, ↑Sioux Falls, ↑Black Hills, ↑Big Sioux River, ↑James, ↑James River, ↑Little Missouri, ↑Little Missouri River, ↑Moreau River, ↑Rushmore, ↑Mount Rushmore, ↑Mt. Rushmore
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South Dakota [South Dakota]
a northern central US state, also called the Coyote State and the Mount Rushmore State. The capital city is Pierre and the largest city is Sioux Falls. It was part of the ↑Louisiana Purchase, and gold was discovered there in 1874. The ↑Sioux fought white people who settled there, until they were defeated at ↑Wounded Knee. The state grows wheat, maize/corn and ↑sunflowers, and produces machinery and electronic equipment. Many tourists visit Mount Rushmore and the Badlands National Park.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.