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Kaw

American  
[kaw] / kɔ /

noun

  1. another name for Kansa.


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It has taken Lay Kay Kaw, a new town established for the KNU with Japanese funding in 2015, a time when there had been hopes for lasting peace in Karen State following a national ceasefire.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

In Kansas, they helped fund the relocation of a 28-ton boulder that was sacred to the Kaw Nation to parkland owned by the Kaw.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The saxophonist Jim Pepper was Kaw and Muscogee Creek, and several of his compositions featured a Native American chorus.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

In December, 48-year-old Myint fled the Karen small town of Lay Kay Kaw, near the Thai border, with her husband and three children.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

In light of Rose’s statement to Morrison and the fact that the rooming house owner had confirmed Rose and Joe’s alibi, the Kaw Indian’s statement that Rose had confessed to her seemed puzzling.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann