kans

¹ American  

[kahns] / kɑns /

noun

1. an Indian grass of the genus Saccharum, used in some areas for fodder, thatching, etc., and being in other areas a troublesome weed.

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Kans. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Kansas.

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Etymology

Origin of kans

1870–75; < Hindi kās < Sanskrit kāśa; compare Pali, Prakrit kāsa

Example Sentences

In 1453, under Mohammed the Conqueror, the Osmanlis took Constantinople and overran the Bal kans.

From Time Magazine Archive

For centuries, India's ryots turned their bullock-drawn, wooden plows against the kans roots, to no avail.

From Time Magazine Archive

A quarter of a century ago, an Indian government agronomist named Daulat R. Sethi set out to lick kans, found a way by cutting its roots a foot or so beneath the surface.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between them, Saturn and kans choked some 10 million acres of hungry India's wheatlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ces établisemens consistent en maisons, comme les kans de Syrie.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard