kansas

Other forms of kansas

plural

kansases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kansas

What does kansas mean?

kansas means "a state in midwestern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kansas?

kansas has 2 syllables: kan-sas. The stress falls on "kan". In IPA it is /ˈkænzəs/.

What is another word for kansas?

Close synonyms include Sunflower State, KS, Kan., Kansa, Kansas River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kansas a common word?

kansas is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.