Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kansas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kansas \Kan"sas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Kansas
n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: {Kansas}, {Sunflower
State}, {KS}]
2: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in
Kansas [syn: {Kansa}, {Kansas}]
3: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a
tributary of the Missouri River [syn: {Kansas}, {Kansas
River}, {Kaw River}]
4: the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa people [syn: {Kansa},
{Kansas}]
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