Kansas

EnglishEdit

Map of US highlighting Kansas

EtymologyEdit

From a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa; related to Arkansas, which see for more information.^[1]

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.zəs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænzəs

Proper nounEdit

Kansas (plural Kansases) (abbreviated Kan., Kans., Ks.)

A state of the mid United States. Capital: Topeka.
University of Kansas.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

US state

Arabic: كَانْسَاس‎ m (kānsās)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 堪薩斯州／堪萨斯州 (zh) (Kānsàsī-zhōu)
Czech: Kansas (cs) m
Danish: Kansas
Esperanto: Kansaso
Finnish: Kansas (fi)
Galician: Kansas (gl)
Georgian: კანზასი (ḳanzasi)
German: Kansas (de)
Greek: Κάνσας (el) n (Kánsas)
Hindi: केन्सास m (kensās), कैंसास m (kainsās)
Hungarian: Kansas (hu)
Italian: Kansas (it) m
Japanese: カンザス州 (Kanzasu-shū)
Khmer: កាន់សាស់ (kansah)
Korean: 캔자스 (Kaenjaseu)
Limburgish: Kansas
Macedonian: Канзас m (Kanzas)
Maltese: Kansas
Navajo: Kénsis hahoodzo
Polish: Kansas (pl) n
Portuguese: Kansas (pt) m, Cansas m
Russian: Канза́с (ru) m (Kanzás), Ка́нзас (ru) m (Kánzas)
Spanish: Kansas (es) m
Tagalog: Kansas
Thai: แคนซัส (kɛn-sás)
Tibetan: ཁན་སཱ་སི (khan sā si)
Turkish: Kansas
Ukrainian: Канза́с m (Kanzás)
Yiddish: קענזעס‎ (kenzes)

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

^ William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States →ISBN, page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)

Further readingEdit

Kansas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

CzechEdit

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m

Kansas (state of the mid United States)

Derived termsEdit

DanishEdit

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Kansas

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Kansas.

Proper nounEdit

Kansas (genitive Kansas')

Kansas (a state of the United States)

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English Kansas.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɑs/, [ˈkɑns̠ɑs̠]
Rhymes: -ɑnsɑs
Syllabification^(key): Kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Kansas

Kansas (a state of the United States)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Kansas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Kansas	—
genitive		Kansasin	—
partitive		Kansasia	—
illative		Kansasiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kansas	—
accusative	nom.	Kansas	—
accusative	gen.	Kansasin	—
genitive		Kansasin	—
partitive		Kansasia	—
inessive		Kansasissa	—
elative		Kansasista	—
illative		Kansasiin	—
adessive		Kansasilla	—
ablative		Kansasilta	—
allative		Kansasille	—
essive		Kansasina	—
translative		Kansasiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Kansasitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Kansas (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Kansasini	Kansasimme
2nd person	Kansasisi	Kansasinne
3rd person	Kansasinsa

AnagramsEdit

Saksan, kanssa, kassan, saksan

FrenchEdit

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Kansas

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Kansas.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.sas/, /kan.zas/
Audio (file)

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m

Kansas (a state of the United States)

ItalianEdit

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Kansas

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Kansas.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkan.sas/^[1]
Rhymes: -ansas
Syllabification: Kàn‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m

Kansas (a state of the United States)

ReferencesEdit

^ Kansas in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

PolishEdit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Kansas

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Kansas, from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkan.zas/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -anzas
Syllabification: Kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Kansas n (indeclinable)

Kansas (a state of the United States)

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Cansas

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English Kansas.

PronunciationEdit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɐʃ/

Homophones: cansas, Cansas

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m

Kansas (a state of the United States)

SlovakEdit

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Kansas

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈkansas]

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m inan (genitive singular Kansasu, declension pattern of dub)

Kansas (a state of the United States)

ReferencesEdit

Kansas in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkansas/ [ˈkãn.sas]
Rhymes: -ansas
Syllabification: Kan‧sas

Proper nounEdit

Kansas m

Kansas (a state of the United States)

See alsoEdit

Kansas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Kansas.

PronunciationEdit

Hyphenation: Kan‧sas
IPA^(key): /ˈkansas/, [ˈkan.sɐs]

Proper nounEdit

Kansas

Kansas (a state of the United States)

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