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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa wordnet
2. 2
   a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Native American people who used to inhabit parts of Kansas.
2. 2
   Their Dhegihan Siouan language.

Synonyms

All synonyms

kansaskansaskawkaw

Etymology

From a Siouan ethnonym; related to Kansas and Arkansas, see the latter for more information.

Related phrases

native american

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.