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Definition of Kansa
1. Noun. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
2. Noun. The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa.
Definition of Kansa
1. Proper noun. A Native American people who used to inhabit parts of Kansas (from whom it derives its name). ¹
2. Proper noun. Their language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kansa
Literary usage of Kansa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"The king of Mathura was an usurper and a tyrant, named kansa. ... kansa had
dethroned the Suras, because they persisted in the worship of Vishnu. ..."
2. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"When kansa discovered the cheat, be for a while gave up the affair, and set the
prisoners at ... Meanwhile kansa had not forgotten the prophecies of Narada. ..."
3. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell (1922)
"kansa. To quote from the Handbook: "Their linguistic relations are closest with
the Osage, and are close with the Quapaw. In the traditional migration of ..."
4. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"Pharaoh and Herod—Zoroaster's mother—Ahriman's emissaries— kansa and Krishna—Emissaries
of kansa—Astyages and Cyrus —Zohak—Bel and the Christian. ..."
5. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"Pharaoh and Herod—Zoroaster's mother—Ahriman's emissaries— kansa and Krishna—Emissaries
of kansa—Astyages and Cyrus ..."
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