Kansas
geographical name
Kan·sas ˈkan-zəs 
1
or Kaw
ˈkȯ
river 169 miles (272 kilometers) long in the eastern part of the state of Kansas flowing east into the Missouri River see smoky hill 2
state of the central U.S. containing the geographical center of the Lower 48; capital Topeka area 82,277 square miles (213,097 square kilometers), population 2,853,118
Kansan
ˈkan-zən
adjective or noun