Kansan
Kansan adjective: of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.
Adjective
Kansan (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.
Noun
Kansan (plural Kansans)
- A native or resident of the state of Kansas in the United States of America.
- 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?2025 September 5, Dave Brooks, “Why I Am Not a Liberal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Proper noun
the Kansan
- An age from 0.48 to 0.28 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
Forms of Kansan
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Origin of Kansan
From Kansas + -an.
Questions about Kansan
- What does Kansan mean?
- Kansan means of, or pertaining to, Kansas or its culture.
- What part of speech is Kansan?
- Kansan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near Kansan in the dictionary
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