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Kansas

kan·sas

UK/ˈkænzəs/ US/ˈkænzʌs/ fairly common

noun

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2.

a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas

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the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa people

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • Bleeding Kansas
  • Bloody Kansas
  • Kansas Citian
  • Kansas City
  • Kansas horse plague
  • Kansas River
  • Kansas Territory
  • Kansas thistle

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