Kansas
['kænzəs]
Definition
(noun.) a state in midwestern United States.
(noun.) a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
Editor: Philip--From WordNet
Definition
(n. pl.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.
Typist: Morton
Examples
- General Hunter sent men freely from Kansas, and a large division under General Nelson, from Buell's army, was also dispatched. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the United States the largest deposits of salt are found in the states of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas and California. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Reiff, then Eastern bond agent for the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Kansas and Kentucky are Indian, too, Kansas meaning smoky water and Kentucky at the head of the river, or the dark and bloody ground; and Louisiana is named after Louis XIV of France. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typed by Dave