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Webster 1913 Edition

Kansas

Kan′sas

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rop.
Noun.
pl.
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

Definition 2024

Kansas

Kansas

See also: Kansas'

English

Map of US highlighting Kansas

Proper noun

Kansas

  1. A state of the mid United States of America. Capital: Topeka.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Kansas
  • Jayhawk
  • Jayhawker

References

  1. ↑ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States (ISBN 0806135980), page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)

Czech

Proper noun

Kansas m

  1. Kansas (state of the mid United States of America)

Derived terms

  • kansaský

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Kansas.

Proper noun

Kansas ‎(genitive Kansas')

  1. Kansas

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.sas/

Proper noun

Kansas m

  1. Kansas

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kansas m

  1. Kansas (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Kansas m

  1. Kansas

See also

Etymology

From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.zəs/

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