Kansas
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- proper noun
- /ˈkæn.zəs/
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Kansas
- Gary C. Mortenson is an assistant professor of music at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
- the state of Kansas
- University of Kansas
- Kansas City
Sort of what's the matter with Kansas, right, Thomas Frank?
- Sort of what's the matter with Kansas, right, Thomas Frank?
- I walk into Kansas, walk across Kansas.
- We saw like the mountains and the very long fields going through Kansas and cities.
- We were in junior high and I was in Kansas.
- How come you call one of your states Kansas and another one our Kansas?
- She went to she was a Wildcat in Kansas, Kansas State, not Kansas State.
Examples
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I walk into Kansas, walk across Kansas.
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Contemporary American College students in Kansas seem to bear that out.
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And as Frank saw it, the way Kansas is is almost crazy.
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How come you call one of your states Kansas and another one our Kansas?
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His family had moved to Kansas from Illinois.
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Welcome to Eola, Kansas, another cute little town.
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I'm Roy Williams from the University of Kansas.
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In many regards, Greensburg, Kansas, is a typical small, rural, American town.
Academic text (2011) -
The night, clear and starry and hot, hovers over Kansas, the horizon still light.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hospital served patients from a wide region extending into southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.
Synonyms
A nickname for the state of Kansas because many sunflowers grow there
Idioms
- Informal
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You are in a situation that feels strange and very different from what is usual
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kansas gets its name from a Native American group called the Kansa. Their name means 'people of the wind', and the Kansas River was named for them, so the state took the same name — that helps explain the strong link between Kansas and windy weather like tornadoes.