Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arkansas

/ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: ar-kan-sas
IPA: /ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

name

A river in the United States, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and flowing generally southeast over 1,400 miles through Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, where it joins the Mississippi in Desha County.

name

Etymology

From the name of the Arkansas River, from French Arcansas, a (plural) designation of either a Siouan tribe or the Quapaw. This designation is sometimes claimed to derive from a Quapaw word *akakaze (“land of downriver people”) or a Lakota/Dakota word *akakaze (“people of the south wind”); more likely, it derives from a Siouan ethnonym cognate to Kansa (whence also the name of the state of Kansas).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Arcansas, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/
British English: /ˈɑːkənˌsɔː/

Inflected Forms

Arkansa (alternative, archaic) Arkansaw (alternative)

Derived Forms

AR Arkancide Arkansan Arkansasan Arkansasian Arkansawyer Arkie Texarkana

Phrases

Arkansas Black Arkansas City Arkansas County Arkansas goldfinch

Rhymes With

kansas

Questions

How do you pronounce arkansas?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑɹkənˌsɔ/.
What does arkansas mean?: A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.
Where does arkansas come from?: It is traced to French.

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