Arkansas

See also: Arkansas'

English

a map of the US highlighting Arkansas

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw. 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).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.kənˌsɔ/, (cot–caught merger) /-ɑ/

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

Proper noun

Arkansas

2. A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
4. 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 notes

• 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/. /ɑɹˈkænzəs/ is still common, especially in Kansas, as a pronunciation of the name of the river.

Derived terms

• AR
• Arkansan
• Arkansasan
• Arkansas City
• Arkansas County
• Arkansasian
• Arkansawyer
• Arkie

Translations

US state

• Afrikaans: Arkansas
• Amharic: አርካንሳው (ʾärkansaw)
• Arabic: أَرْكَنْسَاس m (ʔarkansās)

  Egyptian Arabic: اركانسو

• Aragonese: Arkansas
• Armenian: Արկանզաս (hy) (Arkanzas)
• Asturian: Arkansas
• Aymara: Arkansas suyu
• Azerbaijani: Arkanzas (az)
• Bashkir: Арканза́с (Arkanzás)
• Basque: Arkansas
• Bavarian: Arkansas
• Belarusian: Арканзас (Arkanzas)
• Bengali: আর্কানসাস (arkanośaś)
• Bihari: आर्कन्सा (ārkansā)
• Bikol Central: Arkansas
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: আরকান্‌সাস
• Bislama: Arkansas
• Breton: Arkansas
• Bulgarian: Арка̀нзас m (Arkànzas)
• Burmese: အာကင်ဆောပြည်နယ် (akanghcau:pranynai)
• Catalan: Arkansas
• Cebuano: Arkansas
• Chechen: Арканза́с (Arkanzás)
• Cherokee: ᏚᏯᏓᏛᎢ (duyadadvi)
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: please add this translation if you can

  Gan: 阿肯色州

  Mandarin: 阿肯色州 (zh) (Ākěnsè-zhōu)

  Wu: 阿肯色州

• Chuvash: Арканзас (Ark̬anzas)
• Corsican: Arkansas
• Crimean Tatar: Arkanzas
• Czech: Arkansas (cs) m
• Danish: Arkansas
• Dutch: Arkansas (nl)
• Esperanto: Arkansaso
• Estonian: Arkansas (et)
• Faroese: Arkansas
• Finnish: Arkansas (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Arkansas
• Gagauz: Arkansas
• Galician: Arcansas (gl)
• Georgian: არკანზასი (arḳanzasi)
• German: Arkansas (de)
• Gilaki: آرکانزاس
• Greek: Αρκάνσας (el) n (Arkánsas), Άρκανσο (el) (Árkanso)
• Gujarati: અરકાનસાસ (arakānsās)
• Hebrew: ארקנסו (he) (Ārkensō)
• Hindi: अरकांसस m (arkānsas), आर्कन्सा m (ārkansā)
• Hungarian: Arkansas (hu)
• Igbo: Arkinsọ
• Indonesian: Arkansas
• Irish: Arkansas
• Italian: Arkansas (it) m
• Japanese: アーカンソー州 (Ākansō-shū)
• Kalmyk: Арканзас (Arkanzas)
• Kannada: ಅರ್ಕಾನ್ಸಾಸ್ (kn) (arkānsās)
• Kazakh: Арканзас (kk) (Arkanzas)
• Khmer: អាកានសាស (ʼaakaansaah)
• Korean: 아칸소 (Akanso)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئارکنساس (arkinsas)

• Latin: Arcansia f
• Latvian: Ārkanzasa
• Limburgish: Arkansas
• Lithuanian: Arkanzasas
• Luxembourgish: Arkansas
• Macedonian: Арка́нзас m (Arkánzas)
• Malay: Arkansas
• Malayalam: ആർക്കൻസാ (āṟkkaṉsā)
• Maltese: Arkansas
• Manipuri: ꯑꯥꯔꯀꯥꯟꯁꯥꯁ (ʼārakānsāsa)
• Marathi: आर्कान्सा (ārkānsā)
• Marshallese: O̧kōnjo̧
• Mingrelian: არკანზასი (arḳanzasi)
• Navajo: Áákinsoo hahoodzo, Dził Biiʼ Dzígaii Hahoodzo
• North Frisian: Arkansas
• Ossetian: Арканзас (Arkanzas)
• Pali: आर्कान्स: (ārkānsa:)
• Persian: آرکانزاس
• Polish: Arkansas (pl) m
• Portuguese: Arkansas (pt) m, Arcansas (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਆਰਕੰਸਾ (ārakansā)
• Russian: Арканза́с (ru) m (Arkanzás), Арка́нзас (ru) m (Arkánzas)
• Scottish Gaelic: Arkansas
• Sindhi: ارڪنساس
• Slovak: Arkansas
• Slovene: Arkansas
• Spanish: Arkansas (es) m
• Tajik: Арканзас (Arkanzas)
• Tamil: ஆர்கன்சா (ārkaṉcā)
• Tatar: Арканза́с (Arkanzás)
• Telugu: ఆర్కాన్సా (ārkānsā)
• Thai: อาร์คันซอ (aa-kan-sɔɔ)
• Tibetan: ཨར་ཁན་སཱ་སི། (ar khan sā si)
• Turkish: Arkansas
• Ukrainian: Арканза́с (Arkanzás)
• Urdu: آرکنساس
• Uyghur: ئاركانزاس (arkanzas)
• Vietnamese: Arkansas, A-can-xò
• Volapük: Arkansas
• Welsh: Arkansas
• West Frisian: Arkansas
• Yiddish: אַרקענסאָ (arkenso), אַרקאַנסאָ (arkanso)

Anagrams

• sanskara

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arkansas.

Proper noun

Arkansas (genitive Arkansas')

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Arkansas.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Arkansas

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Declension

• 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	—
abessive		Arkansasitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Arkansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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 — abessive Arkansasittani — instructive — — 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 — abessive Arkansasittasi — instructive — — 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 — abessive Arkansasittamme — instructive — — 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 — abessive Arkansasittanne — instructive — — 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 — abessive Arkansasittaan Arkansasittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Inflection of Arkansas (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)
nominative		Arkansas	—
genitive		Arkansas’n	—
partitive		Arkansas’ta	—
illative		Arkansas’hon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Arkansas	—
accusative	nom.	Arkansas	—
	gen.	Arkansas’n
genitive		Arkansas’n	—
partitive		Arkansas’ta	—
inessive		Arkansas’ssa	—
elative		Arkansas’sta	—
illative		Arkansas’hon	—
adessive		Arkansas’lla	—
ablative		Arkansas’lta	—
allative		Arkansas’lle	—
essive		Arkansas’na	—
translative		Arkansas’ksi	—
abessive		Arkansas’tta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Arkansas (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Arkansas’ni — accusative nom. Arkansas’ni — gen. Arkansas’ni genitive Arkansas’ni — partitive Arkansas’tani — inessive Arkansas’ssani — elative Arkansas’stani — illative Arkansas’honi — adessive Arkansas’llani — ablative Arkansas’ltani — allative Arkansas’lleni — essive Arkansas’nani — translative Arkansas’kseni — abessive Arkansas’ttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Arkansas’si — accusative nom. Arkansas’si — gen. Arkansas’si genitive Arkansas’si — partitive Arkansas’tasi — inessive Arkansas’ssasi — elative Arkansas’stasi — illative Arkansas’hosi — adessive Arkansas’llasi — ablative Arkansas’ltasi — allative Arkansas’llesi — essive Arkansas’nasi — translative Arkansas’ksesi — abessive Arkansas’ttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Arkansas’mme — accusative nom. Arkansas’mme — gen. Arkansas’mme genitive Arkansas’mme — partitive Arkansas’tamme — inessive Arkansas’ssamme — elative Arkansas’stamme — illative Arkansas’homme — adessive Arkansas’llamme — ablative Arkansas’ltamme — allative Arkansas’llemme — essive Arkansas’namme — translative Arkansas’ksemme — abessive Arkansas’ttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Arkansas’nne — accusative nom. Arkansas’nne — gen. Arkansas’nne genitive Arkansas’nne — partitive Arkansas’tanne — inessive Arkansas’ssanne — elative Arkansas’stanne — illative Arkansas’honne — adessive Arkansas’llanne — ablative Arkansas’ltanne — allative Arkansas’llenne — essive Arkansas’nanne — translative Arkansas’ksenne — abessive Arkansas’ttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Arkansas’nsa — accusative nom. Arkansas’nsa — gen. Arkansas’nsa genitive Arkansas’nsa — partitive Arkansas’taan Arkansas’tansa — inessive Arkansas’ssaan Arkansas’ssansa — elative Arkansas’staan Arkansas’stansa — illative Arkansas’honsa — adessive Arkansas’llaan Arkansas’llansa — ablative Arkansas’ltaan Arkansas’ltansa — allative Arkansas’lleen Arkansas’llensa — essive Arkansas’naan Arkansas’nansa — translative Arkansas’kseen Arkansas’ksensa — abessive Arkansas’ttaan Arkansas’ttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• kassaran

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁˈkanzas/ (Germanicised; slightly dated in educated speech)
• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁkənˌsɔː/ (approaching English; educated)

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• IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɛnzəs/, /əˈkɛnzəs/ (approaching the dated or merely a supposed English pronunciation; proscribed)

Proper noun

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

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arkansas.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Arkansas

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Declension

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 terms

• arkansasi

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈkan.sas/
• Rhymes: -ansas
• Hyphenation: Ar‧kàn‧sas

Proper noun

Arkansas m

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arkansas, from French Arcansas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.kan.zas/, /arˈkan.zas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arkanzas, -anzas
• Syllabification: Ar‧kan‧sas

Proper noun

Arkansas m inan (indeclinable)

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Proper noun

Arkansas f (indeclinable)

1. Arkansas (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)

Derived terms

adjective

• arkansaski

Further reading

• Arkansas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Arcansas

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐs/ [ahˈkɐ̃.sɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐs/ [ahˈkɐ̃.sɐs]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈkɐ̃.sɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/ [aχˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈkɐ̃.sas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/

Proper noun

Arkansas m

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Romanian

Proper noun

Arkansas n

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarkansas]

Proper noun

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

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

References

• “Arkansas”, 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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Arkansas m

1. Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)

Related terms

• arkansés

See also

• Arkansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es