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 midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.
- University of Kansas.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| 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)
Czech
Proper noun
Kansas m inan (related adjective kansaský, demonym Kansasan, female demonym Kansasanka)
- Kansas (state of the mid United States)
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝s̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑnsɑs
- Syllabification(key): Kan‧sas
Declension
| Inflection of Kansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| abessive | Kansasitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.zəs/
Audio (file)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.sas/[1]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Hyphenation: Kàn‧sas
References
- Kansas in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan.zas/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anzas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
Further reading
- Kansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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 inan (genitive singular Kansasu, declension pattern of dub)
- Kansas (a state of the United States)
References
- “Kansas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkansas/ [ˈkãn.sas]
- Rhymes: -ansas
- Syllabification: Kan‧sas
See also
Kansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkansas/, [ˈkan.sɐs]
- Hyphenation: Kan‧sas
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