kansas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state in midwestern United States
    KS; Sunflower State.
  2. noun a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
    Kansa.
  3. noun a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
    Kaw River; Kansas River.
  4. noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
    Kansa.

WordNet


Kan"sas noun plural
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

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