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KANSAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Kansas" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (a branch of the Siouan languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state in midwestern United States
Synonyms:
Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Kansas"):
Republican; Republican River (a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas)
Neosho; Neosho River (a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River)
Kansas; Kansas River; Kaw River (a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)
Arkansas; Arkansas River (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River)
Wichita (the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River)
capital of Kansas; Topeka (the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river)
Salina (a town in central Kansas)
Lawrence (a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856)
Kansas City (a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri)
Hays (a town in central Kansas)
Abilene (a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Dodge City (a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town)
Chisholm Trail (a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s)
Holonyms ("Kansas" is a part of...):
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
Synonyms:
Kansas; Kansas River; Kaw River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Kansas" is a part of...):
Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas
Synonyms:
Kansa; Kansas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Kansas" is a kind of...):
Dhegiha (any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages)
Context examples:
"Send me back to Kansas, where my Aunt Em and Uncle Henry are," she answered earnestly.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
You have no right to expect me to send you back to Kansas unless you do something for me in return.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
"Why, that isn't very far from Kansas!" cried Dorothy.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
"You promised to send me back to Kansas when the Wicked Witch was destroyed," said the girl.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Dorothy fell asleep only once, and then she dreamed she was in Kansas, where Aunt Em was telling her how glad she was to have her little girl at home again.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
There is now but one Wicked Witch left in all this land, and when you can tell me she is dead I will send you back to Kansas—but not before.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
"And I am going to ask him to send Toto and me back to Kansas," added Dorothy.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
"Where is Kansas?" asked the man, with surprise.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
She is my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
