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Kansas

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈkænzəs//

A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.

  2. 2

    A river in northeast Kansas.

  3. 3

    A surname.

  4. 4

    Variant of University of KansasEllipsis of University of Kansas.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural
Kansases
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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