Arkansas
['ɑkənsɔ]
Definition
(noun.) a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
(noun.) a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River.
Edited by Cathryn--From WordNet
Examples
- When Sherman started on his expedition down the river he had 20,000 men, taken from Memphis, and was reinforced by 12,000 more at Helena, Arkansas. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The line of the Arkansas was also held, thus giving us armed possession of all west of the Mississippi, north of that stream. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He made a precipitate retreat to Northern Arkansas. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The limits of his command took in Arkansas and west Kentucky east to the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson of my staff was sent to Helena, Arkansas, to examine and open a way through Moon Lake and the Yazoo Pass if possible. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was as much at home in Arkansas as he was in Missouri and would keep out of the way of a superior force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Edited by Fred