Definition of Kansa

1. Noun. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.

Exact synonyms: Kansas
Generic synonyms: Dhegiha

2. Noun. The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa.
Exact synonyms: Kansas
Generic synonyms: Dhegiha

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

Kandinskian
Kandinsky
Kandy
Kangar
Kangchenjunga
Kango
Kangos
Kangxi
Kanji
Kanjobal
Kannada
Kannada-speaking
Kanner's syndrome
Kano
Kanpur
Kansa
Kansan
Kansans
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas River
Kansu
Kant
Kantean
Kanteans
Kantei
Kantian
Kantianism
Kantianist
Kantianists

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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