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Kansas definition

Kan·sas (kan′zəs)

  1. Midwestern state of the NC U.S.: admitted, 1861; 81,815 sq mi (211,900 sq km); pop. 2,688,000; cap. Topeka: abbrev. KS or Kans
  2. river in NE Kans., flowing east into the Missouri at Kansas City: c. 170 mi (274 km)

Etymology: Fr kansa (prob. via Illinois) < a Siouan name

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