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Arkansas definition

Ar·kan·sas (är′kən sô′)

  1. state of the SC U.S.: admitted, 1836: 52,068 sq mi (134,856 sq km); pop. 2,673,000; cap. Little Rock: abbrev. AR or Ark
  2. (also är kan′zəs)
    river flowing from Colorado southeast into the Mississippi: 1,450 mi (2,333 km)

Etymology: < Fr (la rivière des) Arkansas < Illinois Akansea, Akansa, Quapaw (a Siouan people of this river valley)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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