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Kansan

adj · name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N Z AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 2

An age from 0.48 to 0.28 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

A native or resident of the state of Kansas in the United States of America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or resident of Kansas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: American

History

Etymology

From Kansas + -an.