Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kansas \Kan"sas\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
   A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They
   formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of
   Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory.

Source : WordNet®

Kansas
     n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: {Sunflower State},
           {KS}]
     2: a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in
        Kansas [syn: {Kansa}]
     3: a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a
        tributary of the Missouri River [syn: {Kansas River}, {Kaw
        River}]
     4: the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa people [syn: {Kansa}]