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kans
1[ kahns ]
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.
2abbreviation for
- Kansas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kans1
1870–75; < Hindi kās < Sanskrit kāśa; compare Pali, Prakrit kāsa
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Example Sentences
They are watered and created, as it were, by the various branches of the Kans river.
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Two of the Kans chiefs have said they will pursue the voyage with me agreeably to my orders.
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The destructive kans grass has proved as great a pest here as elsewhere in Bundelkhand.
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One day an immense flight of swallows came and settled on Kans rice-field.
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Appointed to-morrow for the interview with the Kans and Osage.
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