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(Encyclopedia)city, densely populated urban center, larger than a village or a town, whose inhabitants are engaged primarily in commerce and industry. In the United States a city is legally an incorporated municipa...Dakota
(Encyclopedia)Dakota: see Sioux.Nakota
(Encyclopedia)Nakota: see Sioux.Lakota
(Encyclopedia)Lakota: see Sioux.Teton , indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Teton: see Sioux.Santee, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Santee: see Sioux.New Ulm
(Encyclopedia)New Ulm ŭlm [key], city (1990 pop. 13,132), seat of Brown co., S Minn., at the confluence of the Minnesota and Cottonwood rivers; inc. as a city 1876. It is a processing and trade center for an agric...Yankton, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Yankton and Yanktonnai: see Sioux. ...Yanton
(Encyclopedia)Yanton and Yanktonnai: see Sioux. ...Mankato
(Encyclopedia)Mankato mănkāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 31,477), seat of Blue Earth co., S Minn., at the confluence of the Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers; inc. 1865. It is a trade and processing center for a far...Browse by Subject
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