KANSAS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Kansas mean?
• KANSAS (noun)
The noun KANSAS has 4 senses:
1. a state in midwestern United States
2. a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
3. a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
4. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
Familiarity information: KANSAS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• KANSAS (noun)
Meaning:
A state in midwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Kansas; KS; Sunflower State
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Kansas"):
Republican; Republican River (a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas)
Neosho; Neosho River (a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River)
Kansas; Kansas River; Kaw River (a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)
Arkansas; Arkansas River (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River)
Wichita (the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River)
capital of Kansas; Topeka (the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river)
Salina (a town in central Kansas)
Lawrence (a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856)
Kansas City (a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri)
Hays (a town in central Kansas)
Abilene (a town in central Kansas west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Dodge City (a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town)
Chisholm Trail (a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s)
Holonyms ("Kansas" is a part of...):
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Kansa; Kansas
Hypernyms ("Kansas" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages)
Meaning:
A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Kaw River; Kansas River; Kansas
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Kansas" is a part of...):
Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)
Meaning:
The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Kansa; Kansas
Hypernyms ("Kansas" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)
