Kansas
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See also: Kansas'
English
Etymology
From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kansas (plural Kansases) (abbreviated Kan., Kans., Ks.)
- A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.
- The University of Kansas.
Synonyms
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
Further reading
Czech
Proper noun
Kansas m inan (relational adjective kansaský, demonym Kansasan, female demonym Kansasanka)
- Kansas (state of the mid United States)
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Kansas (genitive Kansas')
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kansas
- Kansas (a state of the 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
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the 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
Proper noun
Kansas n (indeclinable)
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
Further reading
- Kansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Kansas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kansas m inan (genitive singular Kansasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Kansas (a state of the 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
Proper noun
Kansas m
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
See also
Kansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkansas/
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Proper noun
Kansas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)
- Kansas (a state of the United States)