"Kansas" meaning in English

See Kansas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkæn.zəs/ Audio: en-us-Kansas.ogg Forms: Kansases [plural], Kan. [abbreviation], Kans. [abbreviation], Ks. [abbreviation]
Rhymes: -ænzəs Etymology: From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sio|-}} Siouan Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Kansases}} Kansas (plural Kansases)
  1. A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita. Wikidata QID: Q1558 Categories (place): Kansas, USA, Places in the United States, States of the United States Related terms (Federal district): Washington, D.C. Related terms (States): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming Related terms (Territories): American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands Translations (US state): كَانْسَاس (kānsās) [masculine] (Arabic), Ка́нзас (Kánzas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 堪薩斯州 /堪萨斯州 (Kānsàsī-zhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Kansas [masculine] (Czech), Kansas (Danish), Kansaso (Esperanto), Kansas (Finnish), Kansas (Galician), კანზასი (ḳanzasi) (Georgian), Kansas (German), Κάνσας (Kánsas) [neuter] (Greek), केन्सास (kensās) [masculine] (Hindi), कैंसास (ka͠isās) [masculine] (Hindi), Kansas (Hungarian), Kansas [masculine] (Italian), カンザス州 (Kanzasu-shū) (Japanese), កាន់សាស់ (kansah) (Khmer), 캔자스 (Kaenjaseu) (Korean), ແຄນຊັດ (khǣn sat) (Lao), Kansas (Limburgish), Канзас (Kanzas) [masculine] (Macedonian), Kansas (Maltese), Kénsis hahoodzo (Navajo), Kansas [neuter] (Polish), Kansas [masculine] (Portuguese), Cansas [masculine] (Portuguese), Канза́с (Kanzás) [masculine] (Russian), Ка́нзас (Kánzas) [masculine] (Russian), Kansas [masculine] (Spanish), Kansas (Tagalog), แคนซัส (kɛn-sás) (Thai), ཁན་སཱ་སི (khan sā si) (Tibetan), Kansas (Turkish), Канза́с (Kanzás) [masculine] (Ukrainian), קענזעס (kenzes) (Yiddish)
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  2. A river in northeast Kansas. Categories (place): Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States, Rivers in Kansas, USA, Rivers in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kansas-en-name-WLDJljSe
  3. The University of Kansas. Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-Kansas-en-name-AIqeTcMr Disambiguation of Universities: 20 0 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sunflower State, Jayhawker State Related terms: Jayhawk, jayhawker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Bloody Kansas"
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      "word": "ແຄນຊັດ"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "Kénsis hahoodzo"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "แคนซัส"
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "khan sā si",
      "sense": "US state",
      "word": "ཁན་སཱ་སི"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "Kansas"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "code": "yi",
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}

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