Arkansas

See also: Arkansas'

EnglishEdit

 
Map of US highlighting Arkansas
 
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Alternative formsEdit

  • (river): Arkansa (archaic)
  • Arkansaw (obsolete, the spelling used when the territory was organized in 1819)

EtymologyEdit

From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw.[1] This designation is sometimes claimed to derive from a Quapaw word *akakaze (land of downriver people) or a Lakota/Dakota word *akakaze (people of the south wind); more likely, it derives from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa (whence also the name of the state of Kansas).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.kən.sɔ/
    • (file)
  • (US, now nonstandard in reference to the state) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkæn.zəs/ (see usage notes)

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas

  1. A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
  2. A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.

Usage notesEdit

  • The pronunciation of the name of the state of Arkansas with a silent final s was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881, after a dispute arose between the state's two US senators, one of whom favored /ˈɑɹkənsɔː/ and the other of whom favored /ɑɹˈkænzəs/.[2] /ɑɹˈkænzəs/ is still common, especially in Kansas, as a pronunciation of the name of the river.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States →ISBN, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)
  2. ^ In 1881, the Arkansas General Assembly passed the following concurrent resolution, now Arkansas Code 1 April 105: "Whereas, confusion of practice has arisen in the pronunciation of the name of our state and it is deemed important that the true pronunciation should be determined for use in oral official proceedings.
    And, whereas, the matter has been thoroughly investigated by the State Historical Society and the Eclectic Society of Little Rock, which have agreed upon the correct pronunciation as derived from history, and the early usage of the American immigrants.
    Be it therefore resolved by both houses of the General Assembly, that the only true pronunciation of the name of the state, in the opinion of this body, is that received by the French from the native Indians and committed to writing in the French word representing the sound. It should be pronounced in three (3) syllables, with the final "s" silent, the "a" in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables. The pronunciation with the accent on the second syllable with the sound of "a" in "man" and the sounding of the terminal "s" is discouraged by Arkansans."

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Arkansas.

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas (genitive Arkansas')

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English Arkansas.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrkɑnsɑs/, [ˈɑ̝rkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝s̠] (declension: risti)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrkɑnsoː/, [ˈɑ̝rkɑ̝ns̠o̞ː] (declension: maa)
  • Syllabification(key): Ar‧kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

DeclensionEdit

  • Depends on the pronunciation, see above.
Inflection of Arkansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Arkansas
genitive Arkansasin
partitive Arkansasia
illative Arkansasiin
singular plural
nominative Arkansas
accusative nom. Arkansas
gen. Arkansasin
genitive Arkansasin
partitive Arkansasia
inessive Arkansasissa
elative Arkansasista
illative Arkansasiin
adessive Arkansasilla
ablative Arkansasilta
allative Arkansasille
essive Arkansasina
translative Arkansasiksi
instructive
abessive Arkansasitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Arkansas (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Arkansasini
accusative nom. Arkansasini
gen. Arkansasini
genitive Arkansasini
partitive Arkansasiani
inessive Arkansasissani
elative Arkansasistani
illative Arkansasiini
adessive Arkansasillani
ablative Arkansasiltani
allative Arkansasilleni
essive Arkansasinani
translative Arkansasikseni
instructive
abessive Arkansasittani
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Arkansasisi
accusative nom. Arkansasisi
gen. Arkansasisi
genitive Arkansasisi
partitive Arkansasiasi
inessive Arkansasissasi
elative Arkansasistasi
illative Arkansasiisi
adessive Arkansasillasi
ablative Arkansasiltasi
allative Arkansasillesi
essive Arkansasinasi
translative Arkansasiksesi
instructive
abessive Arkansasittasi
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Arkansasimme
accusative nom. Arkansasimme
gen. Arkansasimme
genitive Arkansasimme
partitive Arkansasiamme
inessive Arkansasissamme
elative Arkansasistamme
illative Arkansasiimme
adessive Arkansasillamme
ablative Arkansasiltamme
allative Arkansasillemme
essive Arkansasinamme
translative Arkansasiksemme
instructive
abessive Arkansasittamme
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Arkansasinne
accusative nom. Arkansasinne
gen. Arkansasinne
genitive Arkansasinne
partitive Arkansasianne
inessive Arkansasissanne
elative Arkansasistanne
illative Arkansasiinne
adessive Arkansasillanne
ablative Arkansasiltanne
allative Arkansasillenne
essive Arkansasinanne
translative Arkansasiksenne
instructive
abessive Arkansasittanne
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Arkansasinsa
accusative nom. Arkansasinsa
gen. Arkansasinsa
genitive Arkansasinsa
partitive Arkansasiaan
Arkansasiansa
inessive Arkansasissaan
Arkansasissansa
elative Arkansasistaan
Arkansasistansa
illative Arkansasiinsa
adessive Arkansasillaan
Arkansasillansa
ablative Arkansasiltaan
Arkansasiltansa
allative Arkansasilleen
Arkansasillensa
essive Arkansasinaan
Arkansasinansa
translative Arkansasikseen
Arkansasiksensa
instructive
abessive Arkansasittaan
Arkansasittansa
comitative

AnagramsEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aʁˈkanzas/ (Germanicised; slightly dated in educated speech)
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁkənˌsɔː/ (approaching English; educated)
  • IPA(key): /aʁˈkɛnzəs/, /əˈkɛnzəs/ (approaching the dated or merely a supposed English pronunciation; proscribed)

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas n (proper noun, genitive Arkansas' or (with an article) Arkansas)

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Arkansas.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒrkɒnzɒs]
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧kan‧sas
  • Rhymes: -ɒs

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Arkansas
accusative Arkansast
dative Arkansasnak
instrumental Arkansasszal
causal-final Arkansasért
translative Arkansasszá
terminative Arkansasig
essive-formal Arkansasként
essive-modal
inessive Arkansasban
superessive Arkansason
adessive Arkansasnál
illative Arkansasba
sublative Arkansasra
allative Arkansashoz
elative Arkansasból
delative Arkansasról
ablative Arkansastól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Arkansasé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Arkansaséi
Possessive forms of Arkansas
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Arkansasom
2nd person sing. Arkansasod
3rd person sing. Arkansasa
1st person plural Arkansasunk
2nd person plural Arkansasotok
3rd person plural Arkansasuk

Derived termsEdit

ItalianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas m

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Arkansas in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Arkansas, from French Arcansas.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.kan.zas/, /arˈkan.zas/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anzas
  • Syllabification: Ar‧kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas m inan (indeclinable)

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas f (indeclinable)

  1. Arkansas (a river in the United States)

Derived termsEdit

adjective

Further readingEdit

  • Arkansas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Arkansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.

PronunciationEdit

 

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas m

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

RomanianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas n

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

SlovakEdit

 
Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas m inan (genitive singular Arkansasu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

ReferencesEdit

  • Arkansas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈkansas/ [aɾˈkãn.sas]
  • Rhymes: -ansas
  • Syllabification: Ar‧kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Arkansas m

  1. Arkansas (a state of the United States)

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit