Kansas
See also: Kansas'
English
Map of US highlighting Kansas
Etymology
From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæn.zəs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænzəs
Proper noun
Kansas (plural Kansases) (abbreviated Kan., Kans., Ks.)
- A state of the mid United States. Capital: Topeka.
- University of Kansas.
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
- Jayhawk
- Jayhawker
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| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States →ISBN, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑs/, [ˈkɑns̠ɑs̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑnsɑs
- Syllabification(key): Kan‧sas
Declension
| Inflection of Kansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kansas | — | |
| genitive | Kansasin | — | |
| partitive | Kansasia | — | |
| illative | Kansasiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kansas | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kansas | — |
| gen. | Kansasin | ||
| genitive | Kansasin | — | |
| partitive | Kansasia | — | |
| inessive | Kansasissa | — | |
| elative | Kansasista | — | |
| illative | Kansasiin | — | |
| adessive | Kansasilla | — | |
| ablative | Kansasilta | — | |
| allative | Kansasille | — | |
| essive | Kansasina | — | |
| translative | Kansasiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Kansasitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Kansas (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Kansasini | Kansasimme |
| 2nd person | Kansasisi | Kansasinne |
| 3rd person | Kansasinsa | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.zas/
Audio (file)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.sas/[1]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Hyphenation: Kàn‧sas
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.zas/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anzas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkansas]
Proper noun
Kansas m (genitive singular Kansasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkansas/ [ˈkãn.sas]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Kan‧sas
- IPA(key): /ˈkansas/, [ˈkan.sɐs]
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