Kansa

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Kan·sa

(kăn′zə, -sə) also Kan·za (-zə)

n. pl. Kansa or Kan·sas also Kanza or Kan·zas

1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern and central Kansas, with a present-day population in eastern Oklahoma.

2. The Siouan language of the Kansa. In both senses also called Kaw.

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Noun	1.	Kansa - a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas Kansas Dhegiha - any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages
	2.	Kansa - the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa Kansas Dhegiha - a branch of the Siouan languages

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