Arkansas
UK/ˈɑːkənˌsɔː//ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/
Arkansas proper noun: a state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
Proper noun
Arkansas
- A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
- A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.
- A surname.
Arkansas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Arkansas in Hindi
- American state
- अरकांसस arkānsas, आर्कन्सा ārkansā
Arkansas in Tamil
- American state
- ஆர்கன்சா ārkaṉcā
Arkansas in Marathi
- American state
- आर्कान्सा ārkānsā
Arkansas in Urdu
- American state
- آرکنساس
More languagesFewer languages
- Arkansas in Bengali
- আর্কানসাস arkanośaś
- Arkansas in Telugu
- ఆర్కాన్సా ārkānsā
- Arkansas in Malayalam
- ആർക്കൻസാ āṟkkaṉsā
- Arkansas in Kannada
- ಅರ್ಕಾನ್ಸಾಸ್ arkānsās
- Arkansas in Punjabi
- ਆਰਕੰਸਾ ārakansā
- Arkansas in Gujarati
- અરકાનસાસ arakānsās
- Arkansas in Arabic
- أَرْكَنْسَاس ʔarkansās, أركنسا
- Arkansas in Malay
- Arkansas
- Arkansas in Indonesian
- Arkansas
- Arkansas in Persian
- آرکانزاس
- Arkansas in Thai
- อาร์คันซอ aa-kan-sɔɔ
- Arkansas in Vietnamese
- Arkansas, A-can-xò
- Arkansas in Myanmar
- အာကင်ဆောပြည်နယ် akanghcau:pranynai
- Sindhi
- ارڪنساس ārk̃sās
Forms of Arkansas
| alternative form | Arkansaw |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | Arkansa |
Origin of Arkansas
From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw. This designation is sometimes claimed to derive from a Quapaw word *akakaze (“land of downriver people”) or a Lakota/Dakota word *akakaze (“people of the south wind”); more likely, it derives from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa (whence also the name of the state of Kansas).
Words formed from Arkansas
Phrases with Arkansas
Questions about Arkansas
- What does Arkansas mean?
- Arkansas means a state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
- What is Arkansas in Hindi?
- Arkansas in Hindi is अरकांसस (arkānsas), आर्कन्सा (ārkansā). See Arkansas meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Arkansas?
- Arkansas is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Arkansas?
- Arkansas is pronounced /ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/ (US).
Words near Arkansas in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Arkansas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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