kans
noun
an Indian grass of the genus Saccharum, used in some areas for fodder, thatching, etc., and being in other areas a troublesome weed.
kans
1 American
[kahns]
/ kɑns /
noun
Kans.
2
American
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of kans
1870–75; < Hindi kās < Sanskrit kāśa; compare Pali, Prakrit kāsa
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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
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
Between them, Saturn and kans choked some 10 million acres of hungry India's wheatlands.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1453, under Mohammed the Conqueror, the Osmanlis took Constantinople and overran the Bal kans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The goose is, in Sanskrit hansa, in Latin anser, in Old German kans, in Greek χήν.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
Eileen, who’s from Wichita, Kans., lived for a time in Los Angeles, when her teenage daughter wished to study with the best classical violin teacher in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Lanexa, Kans., in the southwestern suburbs of Kansas City, tallied 11 inches of snow, with 10 inches in places like Bonner Springs, Williamstown, Eudora and Lawrence.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Tracy Claeys spent his year of unemployment back in his hometown of Clay Center, Kans., accompanying his mother to yard sales, fishing in the river and spending quality time with his family.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
A few weeks before the Administration released its National Security Strategy, Gates went to the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kans., to offer the bluntest statement yet of Obama foreign policy 2.0.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2010
We arrived at Fort Scott, Kans., late in the evening.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by Robert Henderson McKay
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