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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

By plowing under the tough kans grass that has overrun millions of acres, the tractors will bring land back into cultivation.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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When the tractors successfully cleared a 7,000-acre tract of kans, the Indian government swung a $10 million loan from the World Bank, bought 240 more U.S. tractors, equipped them with specially designed root-cutting plows.

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