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Noun: Kansas  kan-zus
  1. A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
    - Kansas River, Kaw River
     
  2. A state in midwestern United States, with capital Topeka
    - Sunflower State, KS, Kan.
     
  3. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
    - Kansa
     
  4. The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
    - Kansa

Type of: American state, Dhegiha, river

Part of: America, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Kansas, Oklahoma