Kansas, Sunflower State, KS(noun)

a state in midwestern United States

Kansa, Kansas(noun)

a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas

Kansas, Kansas River, Kaw River(noun)

a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River

Kansa, Kansas(noun)

the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa

Kansas(ProperNoun)

A state of the mid United States of America. Capital: Topeka.

Kansas(u)

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

Kansas

the central State of the American Union; lies in the basin of the Kansas and Arkansas Rivers, between Nebraska on the N. and Oklahoma on the S., with Colorado on the W. and Missouri on the E. It is a rolling prairie, with a fine climate subject to occasional extremes, and a rainfall, except in some districts, sufficient; raises crops of grain and sugar, and affords excellent grazing ground. Pork and beef packing, flour-milling, and iron-founding industries are carried on. The State University is at Lawrence, an agricultural college at Manhattan, and good schools in every town. Previous to its admission to the Union in 1859 Kansas was the scene of violent conflicts between pro- and anti-slavery parties for five years. In the Civil War it joined the North. The capital is Topeka (31), and the largest other towns Kansas City (38) and Wichita (23).