Kan·sas 1 (k n z z, -sz)n. A plural of Kansa. |
| Kan·sas 2 (knzs) Abbr. KS or Kans. A state of the central United States. It was admitted as the 34th state in 1861. Organized as a territory by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, it became a virtual battleground, known as Bleeding Kansas, for free and slave factions (1854-1859). Kansas was finally admitted as a free state. Topeka is the capital and Wichita the largest city. Population: 2,780,000. |
Kansas [ˈkænzəs]
n
(Placename) a state of the central US: consists of undulating prairie, drained chiefly by the Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri Rivers; mainly agricultural. Capital: Topeka. Pop.: 2 688 418 (2000). Area: 213 096 sq. km (82 277 sq. miles) Abbreviations Kan Kans (with zip code), KS
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| Noun | 1. |  Kansas - a state in midwestern United StatesChisholm Trail - a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Dodge City - a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town Abilene - a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower Hays - a town in central Kansas Kansas City - a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri Lawrence - a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856 Salina - a town in central Kansas capital of Kansas, Topeka - the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river Wichita - the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River Arkansas River, Arkansas - a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River Kansas River, Kaw River, Kansas - a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River Neosho, Neosho River - a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River Republican River, Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas |
| 2. | Kansas - a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas Dhegiha - any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages | |
| 3. |  Kansas - a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River | |
| 4. | Kansas - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa Dhegiha - a branch of the Siouan languages |
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