Kansas

American  

[kan-zuhs] / ˈkæn zəs /

noun

1. 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.

2. a river in northeastern Kansas, flowing east to the Missouri River. 169 miles (270 km) long.

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Kansas British  

/ ˈkænzəs /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Kan.   Kans.   KS.  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)

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Kansas Cultural  

1. 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.

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

Example Sentences

The suit names the state of Kansas and its attorney general, along with the Division of Vehicles as defendants.

From The Wall Street Journal

Armed violence between the factions in the historical period “Bleeding Kansas” continued from 1854 until the start of the Civil War in 1861.

From Literature

However, since funding has been frozen Kansas City deputy chief of police Joseph Mabin said his department does not have enough staff to cover the city's security needs.

From BBC

The movie was stitched together from film hauled out of a storage facility—a former salt mine—in Kansas.

From The Wall Street Journal

They opened for dealing in the pits of the Kansas City Board of Trade.

From The Wall Street Journal