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Kansan
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kansan
English
Etymology
en :af Kansas -an + 1
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kansan.wav Southern England
Adjective
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Of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Kansas in the United States of America.
David Brooks (commentator) Dave Brooks Why I Am Not a Liberal 2025-09-05 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/liberal-conservative-left-right-politics.html A couple of decades ago, Thomas Frank published “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” based on befuddlement that Kansans were apparently voting against their economic self-interest. Doesn’t economics drive voting behavior? https://web.archive.org/web/20251109051928/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/liberal-conservative-left-right-politics.html 9 November 2025
Hypernyms
en American
Proper noun
1
en geology An age from 0.48 to 0.28 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
Anagrams
en aaknns Kanans
en proper adjectives
en Kansas, USA Demonyms American demonyms