Meanings
alternative archaic Arkansa · alternative Arkansaw
- A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
- A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Siouan
- FrenchArcansas
- EnglishArkansas
From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw. This designation is sometimes claimed to derive from a Quapaw word *akakaze (“land of downriver people”) or a Lakota/Dakota word *akakaze (“people of the south wind”); more likely, it derives from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa (whence also the name of the state of Kansas).
More words from French, Siouan
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Arabic أَرْكَنْسَاس, أركنسا
- أَرْكَنْسَاس (ʔarkansās)American state
- أركنساAmerican state
Basque Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Bengali আর্কানসাস
- আর্কানসাস (arkanośaś)American state
Bulgarian Арка̀нзас
- Арка̀нзас (Arkànzas)American state
Catalan Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Chinese Mandarin 阿肯色州
- 阿肯色州 (Ākěnsè-zhōu)American state
Czech Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Danish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Dutch Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Esperanto Arkansaso
- ArkansasoAmerican state
Estonian Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Finnish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
French Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
German Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Greek Αρκάνσας, Άρκανσο
- Αρκάνσας (Arkánsas)American state
- Άρκανσο (Árkanso)American state
Hebrew ארקנסו
- ארקנסו (Ārkensō)American state
Hindi अरकांसस, आर्कन्सा
- अरकांसस (arkānsas)American state
- आर्कन्सा (ārkansā)American state
Hungarian Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Indonesian Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Irish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Italian Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Japanese アーカンソー
- アーカンソー (Ākansō)American state
Korean 아칸소
- 아칸소 (Akanso)American state
Latin Arcansia
- ArcansiaAmerican state
Latvian Ārkanzasa
- ĀrkanzasaAmerican state
Lithuanian Arkanzasas
- ArkanzasasAmerican state
Malay Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Persian آرکانزاس
- آرکانزاسAmerican state
Polish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Portuguese Arkansas, Arcansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
- ArcansasAmerican state
Punjabi ਆਰਕੰਸਾ
- ਆਰਕੰਸਾ (ārakansā)American state
Russian Арканза́с, Арка́нзас
- Арканза́с (Arkanzás)American state
- Арка́нзас (Arkánzas)American state
Scottish Gaelic Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Slovak Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Spanish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Tamil ஆர்கன்சா
- ஆர்கன்சா (ārkaṉcā)American state
Thai อาร์คันซอ
- อาร์คันซอ (aa-kan-sɔɔ)American state
Turkish Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Ukrainian Арканза́с
- Арканза́с (Arkanzás)American state
Urdu آرکنساس
- آرکنساسAmerican state
Vietnamese Arkansas, A-can-xò
- ArkansasAmerican state
- A-can-xòAmerican state
Welsh Arkansas
- ArkansasAmerican state
Yiddish אַרקענסאָ, אַרקאַנסאָ
- אַרקענסאָ (arkenso)American state
- אַרקאַנסאָ (arkanso)American state
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Arkansas
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Cite this entry
Arkansas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arkansas
“Arkansas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arkansas. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arkansas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arkansas.
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