Kansas

[ kan-zuhs ]

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noun

a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 82,276 sq. mi. (213,094 sq. km). : Topeka. : KS (for use with zip code), Kans., Kan., Kas.
a river in northeastern Kansas, flowing east to the Missouri River. 169 miles (270 km) long.

Kansas

/ ˈkænzəs /

a state of the central US: consists of undulating prairie, drained chiefly by the Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri Rivers; mainly agricultural. Capital: Topeka. Pop: 2 723 507 (2003 est). Area: 213 096 sq km (82 277 sq miles) AbbreviationKanKanswith zip codeKS

Kansas

State in the central United States bordered by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita.

In the 1850s, the state came to be known as “bleeding Kansas” because of the violence between hostile free-staters and pro-slavery settlers.

"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

Texas Republicans, for example, got close to half the vote among Latinos in that state, and similar results were found in Kansas.

Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.

An 18-year-old was killed by police officers after opening fire on a cop with two guns in Kansas City in late October.

These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.

I knew that the poor girl from Kansas must get up with the sun, too, for her uncle was not the man to brook any dawdling.

“Lecompton” constitution of Kansas was a pro-slavery document which Buchanan favoured.

It was months before Lawrence saw him again, and then it was in a prison pen at Kansas City.

To the lapel of his coat they had pinned a paper on which was written, "The fate that awaits all Kansas Jayhawkers."

A boat coming along, they took passage for Lexington, the boat making quite a long stop at Kansas City.

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