Kansas

See also: Kansas'

English

Map of US highlighting Kansas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.zəs/
  • Audio (US)(file)

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, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)

Further reading

Czech

Proper noun

Kansas m

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

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kansas.

Proper noun

Kansas (genitive Kansas')

  1. Kansas

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.zas/
  • Audio(file)

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

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