Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A state of the north-central United States bordering on Canada. It was admitted as the 39th state in 1889. Acquired through the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and a border treaty with Great Britain (1818), the region became part of the Dakota Territory in 1861. It was set off from South Dakota when statehood was achieved. Bismarck is the capital and Fargo the largest city.
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- proper noun A state of the
United States of America . Capital:Bismarck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
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Examples
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The Bank of North Dakota partners with community banks in North Dakota, which is one reason why North Dakota has the highest per capita bank-to-person ratio in the country.
Scott Baker: Banking on the Poor Scott Baker 2011
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In fact, President Obama could learn a lot by looking at the example of North Dakota, which is enjoying a petroleum-based economic renaissance.
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North Dakota, which is also experiencing an oil-patch boom, had a jobless rate of 3.5% in September, the lowest in the U.S., followed by Nebraska's 4.2% and South Dakota's 4.6%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Farmers Sense the End of Big Boom Scott Kilman 2011
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His skin was a pasty yellowish-white tone I secretly called a North Dakota tan.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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His skin was a pasty yellowish-white tone I secretly called a North Dakota tan.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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The Bank of North Dakota partners with community banks in North Dakota, which is one reason why North Dakota has the highest per capita bank-to-person ratio in the country.
Scott Baker: Banking on the Poor Scott Baker 2011
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His skin was a pasty yellowish-white tone I secretly called a North Dakota tan.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Pomeroy was an odd sponsor of such legislation anyway; unions are not exactly political powerhouses in North Dakota, which is a right to work state.
Big Labor May Still Reap Benefits Despite Election Losses Ivan Osorio 2010
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And we've got tossup states now Montana and North Dakota, which is interesting, as well as Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida.
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They were able, in just one year of intensive organizing, to take over the State government of North Dakota and to enact a radical five-point platform that included a People's Bank, the Bank of North Dakota, which issued low-interest loans to farmers and free-holders, at two per cent per annum.
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