Kansas

[ kan-zuhs ]

noun

1. a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 82,276 sq. mi. (213,094 sq. km). : Topeka. : KS (for use with zip code), Kans., Kan., Kas.
2. a river in northeastern Kansas, flowing east to the Missouri River. 169 miles (270 km) long.

Kansas

/ ˈkænzəs /

noun

1. a state of the central US: consists of undulating prairie, drained chiefly by the Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri Rivers; mainly agricultural. Capital: Topeka. Pop: 2 723 507 (2003 est). Area: 213 096 sq km (82 277 sq miles) AbbreviationKanKanswith zip codeKS

Kansas

1. State in the central United States bordered by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita.

Notes

In the 1850s, the state came to be known as “bleeding Kansas” because of the violence between hostile free-staters and pro-slavery settlers.

Example Sentences

In North Carolina and Kansas, the state’s Democratic governors have been pushing efforts to expand Medicaid, and Democrats and health care advocates in other states have waged years-long campaigns without much progress.

From Time

A 29-yard punt by the Chiefs’ Tommy Townsend set up the Buccaneers at the Kansas City 38-yard line.

From Washington Post

They’ve knocked off Kansas at home and picked off Texas Tech, Marquette and Wichita State on the road.

From Washington Post

As of early this week, states not ordering up to their limits included Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas, according to Michael Pratt, a former Health and Human Services spokesman.

From Washington Post

When Chandler moved to Kansas, for example, he quarantined for five days.

From Washington Post

"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

From The Daily Beast

Texas Republicans, for example, got close to half the vote among Latinos in that state, and similar results were found in Kansas.

From The Daily Beast

Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.

From The Daily Beast

An 18-year-old was killed by police officers after opening fire on a cop with two guns in Kansas City in late October.

From The Daily Beast

These agricultural pests migrate in mid-summer to the Rocky Mountains from Kansas and Nebraska to beat the heat.

From The Daily Beast

I knew that the poor girl from Kansas must get up with the sun, too, for her uncle was not the man to brook any dawdling.

From Project Gutenberg

“Lecompton” constitution of Kansas was a pro-slavery document which Buchanan favoured.

From Project Gutenberg

It was months before Lawrence saw him again, and then it was in a prison pen at Kansas City.

From Project Gutenberg

To the lapel of his coat they had pinned a paper on which was written, "The fate that awaits all Kansas Jayhawkers."

From Project Gutenberg

A boat coming along, they took passage for Lexington, the boat making quite a long stop at Kansas City.

From Project Gutenberg