Kansas

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/ˈkænzəs/

proper noun

A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.

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Sunflower StateJayhawker StateKUKansa
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Meanings

proper nounKansas (plural Kansases, abbreviation Kan. or Kans. or Ks.)

plural Kansases · abbreviation Kan. · abbreviation Kans. · abbreviation Ks.

  1. A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.
    1 more example

    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.

    2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN

    Synonyms: Sunflower State, Jayhawker State

  2. A river in northeast Kansas.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of University of Kansas.

    Synonyms: KU

  4. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.

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Sunflower StateJayhawker State

proper nounEllipsis of University of Kansas.

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KU

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas

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Kansa
Broader
Dhegiha

nounthe Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa

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Kansa
Broader
Dhegiha
Also see
kansaku

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.

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Translations

Arabic كَانْسَاس
  • كَانْسَاس (kānsās)US state
Bulgarian Ка́нзас
  • Ка́нзас (Kánzas)US state
Chinese Mandarin 堪薩斯州 /堪萨斯州
  • 堪薩斯州 /堪萨斯州 (Kānsàsī-zhōu)US state
Czech Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Danish Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Esperanto Kansaso
  • KansasoUS state
Finnish Kansas
  • KansasUS state
German Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Greek Κάνσας
  • Κάνσας (Kánsas)US state
Hindi केन्सास, कैंसास
  • केन्सास (kensās)US state
  • कैंसास (kainsās)US state
Hungarian Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Italian Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Japanese カンザス州
  • カンザス州 (Kanzasu-shū)US state
Korean 캔자스
  • 캔자스 (Kaenjaseu)US state
Polish Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Portuguese Kansas, Cansas
  • KansasUS state
  • CansasUS state
Russian Канза́с, Ка́нзас
  • Канза́с (Kanzás)US state
  • Ка́нзас (Kánzas)US state
Spanish Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Tagalog Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Thai แคนซัส
  • แคนซัส (kɛn-sás)US state
Turkish Kansas
  • KansasUS state
Ukrainian Канза́с
  • Канза́с (Kanzás)US state
Yiddish קענזעס
  • קענזעס (kenzes)US state

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Kansas

Arkansas
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Cite this entry
APA

Kansas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansas

MLA

“Kansas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kansas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kansas.

Source: Kansas on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.