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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Kansas

/kăn'-zəs/ · Kan·sas · IPA /ˈkænzəs/
01 prop. n. A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west.
  1. 1.
    A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west.
02 prop. n. pl. A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were remo…
  1. 1.
    A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.(Ethnol.)