Kansas
See also: Kansas'
English
Etymology
From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkænzəs/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ænzəs
Proper noun
Kansas (plural Kansases) (abbreviated Kan., Kans., Ks.)
- A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.
- Synonyms: Sunflower State, Jayhawker State
- 2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN[1]:
- On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
- A river in northeast Kansas.
- Ellipsis of University of Kansas.
- Synonym: KU
- Coordinate terms: Kansas State, KSU (not to be confused)
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- ^ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States →ISBN, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkansas]
Proper noun
Kansas m inan (relational adjective kansaský, demonym Kansasan, female demonym Kansasanka)
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Declension
Declension of Kansas (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kansas |
| genitive | Kansasu |
| dative | Kansasu |
| accusative | Kansas |
| vocative | Kansase |
| locative | Kansasu |
| instrumental | Kansasem |
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Kansas (genitive Kansas')
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝s̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑnsɑs
- Syllabification(key): Kan‧sas
- Hyphenation(key): Kan‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Kansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Kansas | — | |
| genitive | Kansasin | — | |
| partitive | Kansasia | — | |
| illative | Kansasiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kansas | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kansas | — |
| gen. | Kansasin | ||
| genitive | Kansasin | — | |
| partitive | Kansasia | — | |
| inessive | Kansasissa | — | |
| elative | Kansasista | — | |
| illative | Kansasiin | — | |
| adessive | Kansasilla | — | |
| ablative | Kansasilta | — | |
| allative | Kansasille | — | |
| essive | Kansasina | — | |
| translative | Kansasiksi | — | |
| abessive | Kansasitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.zəs/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.sas/[1]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Hyphenation: Kàn‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
References
- ^ Kansas in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Kansas, from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.zas/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -anzas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas n (indeclinable)
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Further reading
- Kansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Kansas.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkansas]
Proper noun
Kansas m inan (genitive singular Kansasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
References
- “Kansas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkansas/ [ˈkãn.sas]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
See also
- Kansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkansas/ [ˈkan̪.sɐs]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)
- Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)